Life After Mother

Cash Instead of Trash

My mother watched in horror what happened after the elderly couple that lived next door to her died within months…

4 years ago

King Tut’s Tomb

My mother and father were both still alive when I started packing the contents of their homes, so my plans…

4 years ago

King Tut’s Tom

My mother and father were both still alive when I started packing the contents of their homes, so my plans…

4 years ago

Which Pieces of Paper Mean Something?

“You’re trying to figure out which piece of paper means something,” said my cousin, when I told him my mother…

4 years ago

Another Death in the Family

When I started living in my mother’s home, it came with her two cats, Benny and Faith. Now it’s just…

4 years ago

My Recycled Life — Coming Home to Reuse, Recycle, Sell, Keep, Giveaway and Reduce

A surviving daughter is dedicated to integrating recycling, reducing, and reusing into our urban and suburban California lifestyles Although some…

4 years ago

Life After Mother – Getting a Conservatorship Shouldn’t Be Like This

After my mother had a stroke and was diagnosed with dementia in 2017, I knew all the efforts of encouraging…

4 years ago

Life After Mother — Danger to Yourself and Others

My mother never accepted, after her stroke in 2017 and a diagnosis of dementia (which she never accepted, either), that…

4 years ago

Life After Mother — Making Painful Decisions Easier

By Lyn Jensen, Columnist  “People your parents’ age, they seem to think the longer they put off making end-of-life decisions,…

4 years ago

Life After Mother: Who’ll Feed the Cats?

“Who’ll feed the cats?” may have been the one question that truly bothered my mother about what would happen after…

5 years ago