Life After Mother

Life After Mother, Five to Ten Years

About the time I closed that life chapter, my mother had a stroke, which started a chain of events that…

1 year ago

Life After Mother — Tragic and Fateful Day

The house was abnormally quiet, despite the sound of running water about to overflow the kitchen sink.

1 year ago

LIFE AFTER MOTHER: Right to Choose Death with Dignity

Explaining why the couple went to Switzerland when some states have right-to-die laws concerning physician-assisted death, Bloom writes, “Choosing to…

1 year ago

Life After Mother, The Emptiest Day

What’s surprising is that I feel such emptiness when I’ve long since been used to being emotionally distant from either…

1 year ago

Life After Mother: Magical Thinking, a Sense of Disbelief

   “Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it…

1 year ago

Life After Mother: Spark Joy and Love

“The true purpose of tidying is not to cut down your possessions or unclutter your space,” Kondo advises as well,…

2 years ago

LIFE AFTER MOTHER: Swedish Death Cleaning

It’s meant to combine a physical transformation of organizing one’s home and possessions while at the same time allowing an…

2 years ago

Life After Mother: Horrors of Dementia

Had my mother been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, a specific brain disease that results in dementia, she would have accessed a…

2 years ago

Life After Mother: Enough to Lose a Garbage Bin

When I first looked at my mother’s two-car garage, stuffed so full you could lose a garbage bin in it,…

2 years ago

LIFE AFTER MOTHER: Curb Appeal

That’s all I need, some busybody squawking to the city about the sight of garbage cans in my yard, and…

2 years ago