I Miss Mother Most at Birthday Time

I Miss Mother Most at Birthday Time

I miss my Mother all the time, but especially when my birthday nears.  She made everything so special.  Mother grew up during the depression which meant there was very little money for the extras like a birthday party. I think that’s why it was so important to...
Mother’s Volcanic Lipstick

Mother’s Volcanic Lipstick

This post was written in June 2013, just a month after Mother passed away.  It’s a sweet story of the things left undisturbed on her vanity and my discovery of her favorite shade of lipstick.  Enjoy. One of the first things I did when I came home from my trip...
Best of Earnie:  Susan Boyle and Brunswick Stew

Best of Earnie: Susan Boyle and Brunswick Stew

This is a post from November 2012…part of my “Best of Earnie” series.. We like to come up with all sorts of engaging activites for our residents at Windwood Trail Haus.  Earnie’s homework, and activity in the Day Room on Monday, was making...
Best of Earnie:  One of the times she made me laugh

Best of Earnie: One of the times she made me laugh

When I started my blog in 2011, it was a wonderful forum for me to journal my thoughts, both funny and touching, on being a caregiver. While my parents challenged me at times, mostly Daddy with his fierce grip on independence and seeing it slip away, I would say most...

Go Ask Your Mother

I had my first reminder the other day at CVS when I saw the Mother’s Day card section.  It hit me that after making or buying cards for my mother, this would be the first time in probably 45 years that I won’t be able to do this for her.  There...