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Not even two minutes after my friends and I launched our kayaks into the Chassahowitzka River on Sunday, we were approached by a manatee mama and her baby. They swam right up to us and playfully...
View ArticleWhen there are no words, there is touch
My mother has had Alzheimer’s Disease for eight years. At least. She is 83 and living in a nursing home, fed through a stomach tube. A few weeks ago, she was sleeping when I arrived for a visit. I...
View ArticleThe World According to Fred Germer
2003 Video of a surprise visit to Dad’s pharmacy drive-thru. I began my shoplifting career at age 3 — on the very day my father opened his drugstore in Flint, Mich. It was Germer’s Drug Store, and...
View ArticleBy Request — Perspective on How Small Our Problems Are in a VERY Big Universe
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View ArticleThis is Why They Call Alzheimer’s the “Long Goodbye.”
“There’s your mother, Fawn,” my best friend said as she pointed to a woman crumpled over in a wheelchair near the nurse’s station. “No, that’s not my mother,” I said. “Yes, it is.” I walked over to the...
View ArticleThe Hardest Decision
I’ve written about my mother many, many times. I used to hope her story would inspire and help others . Now I write about her because it is the only thing I know to do. I feel helpless, but I feel less...
View ArticleThe True Beauty of Faye Ellen Himelhoch Valencia
My cousin, the indomitable Faye Ellen Himelhoch Valencia, died this morning at age 48. She is exactly nine months younger than I am, and we grew up together. We both played the flute, but she was the...
View ArticleBetty’s Still In Charge
My first thought when I woke up this morning was, “Mom is going to die soon. Maybe this week.” Two weeks ago, I believed that Mom’s condition had been so severely compromised that she was suffering. A...
View ArticlePEARLS is out TODAY!
Get ready for the most life-changing mentoring session you have ever had, guided by many of the strongest, most accomplished women of our times. Pearls brings together the wisdom of prime ministers and...
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