dementia

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