Why I’ve Become My Mother’s Mother
I’m not a mother. But my job description as caregiver would read much the same. Essentially, I’ve had to become my mother’s mother. It’s the hardest job I’ve ever had, […]
Settling In
Our first night we slept on an air mattress in the middle of the living room. It was the only furniture unpacked — and after a long and disastrous move, […]
Reappearing
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged… months since I’ve written much of anything personal at all. We disappeared shortly after our wonderful trip to Los Angeles — where we […]
Joy in (Unexpectedly Early) Caregiving
When I was 9 years old, I wrote my first book about caring for my mother, titled “Do you know what I’ll do?” I found it in the garage recently […]
“Now Then” – A Winning NaNoWriMo Excerpt
During November, I “won” NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) by writing 50,000 words of my novel “Now Then.” A struggling 20-something becomes an instant caregiver when her fiercely independent mother […]
Fractured Lives
It’s been a little more than 2 years now since my Mama was diagnosed with brain cancer and I became an instant caregiver. The ripple effect on our previously independent lives is dramatic and deeply felt every day. Last year, when we learned that her extremely rare brain cancer is […]
The Waiting Continues
Mama’s latest MRI this week was inconclusive — virtually no change (just about 1 mm growth). So now the long wait continues. The next MRI is in 6 weeks. At that time, we hope the damaged area will shrink. Mama has decided to add a short dose of steroids to […]
The Wait
The wait is painful. And that’s really just about all we can do at this point. Don’t get me wrong; I’ve researched the crap out of Mama’s extremely rare brain cancer, asked plenty of questions and sought answers from multiple sources. There just aren’t any. Not yet. We are grateful […]
Anything but a grey day for Grey Matters
On a sunny May Saturday in San Francisco, about 2,600 people gathered for the Bay Area Brain Tumor Walk through Golden Gate Park. It was an inspiring day that raised […]
Why Grey Matters to Me
I produced this video to tell you about Grey Matters — our team in this Saturday’s Bay Area Brain Tumor Walk — and about why grey matters to me. Join […]
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