Essays Alzheimer’s Took My Mom’s Life. The Pandemic Took Her Funeral. If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you decide? Could you Lauren Dykovitz Posted on October 11, 2020
Essays Personal Essays | Two Parallel Lives I am living two parallel lives. I am both happy and sad. My heart is so full, and yet so broken. I look toward the future Guest Author Posted on March 10, 2019
Essays Personal Essays | Caregiver First, Elizabeth Second If you had asked 15-year-old Elizabeth to describe herself with three terms, “caregiver” would have been first. Before Guest Author Posted on November 29, 2018
Essays What You’ll Remember Previously published on The Next Good Thing. Over the past several years, my mom’s dementia has been slowly Guest Author Posted on July 31, 2018
Essays, Life, Relationships Personal Essays | Mourning the Living It's possible to mourn the loss of someone who is still alive. I've been mourning the loss of my mom since she was diagnosed Guest Author Posted on July 10, 2018