Tag Archives: dementia
Awaiting Profundity
I’ve delayed posting, hoping to find a neat, poetic way to tie up the major events of this last year. It’s been about letting people die, helping people die, and honoring people who die. In April, my mother died. I’d … Continue reading →
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Tagged aging, cycle of life, deathbed, dementia, dying, independent living, new lease on life, profundity
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Separation Bookends
“I can do it” (implying “better than you can”) is an utterance we hear almost as soon as toddlers can speak in full sentences. Sometimes before! (“me do! me do!”) From toddler-ignorance through young adult-flamboyance, there’s an egoistic (not as … Continue reading →
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Tagged aging, dementia, dying, individuation, separation anxiety, terrible twos
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