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December 2015

December 10, 2015

God’s Blessings are Circled with Thorns, Dressed with Tenderness.

I wrote this post about family and thankfulness for the National Catholic Register. Here's part...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

Pope Francis and Caring for the Least of These

Pope Francis preached an extraordinary extemporaneous sermon in answer to a question in Cuba. It was...

September 22, 2015

If We Don’t Fight for Life, This Hunger for Annihilation Will Devour Us All

My near death experience with Mama pushed me to considering a nursing home. I wrote...

September 15, 2015

It was a Mama Kind of Weekend.

My family and I had a rough weekend with Mama. Here's a summary of part...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

Mama is Better. I’m a Blank.

Something has happened to my brain. Twice now, yesterday and today, I've sat down to...

August 17, 2015

Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, and Walking Mama Home.

Mama seems better the past couple of days, but she is hallucinating, which means no...

August 05, 2015

It Was a Mama Kind of Night

Caring for an old person is a little bit like driving a car with 300,000...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

10th Circuit Rules First Amendment Protections Don’t Apply to Little Sisters of the Poor

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Little Sisters of the Poor...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

Belgian GPs “Killing Patients Who Have Not Asked to Die.”

Evidently, the greatest danger to an elderly person in Belgium is their doctor, a fact that...

June 04, 2015

Pope Francis: A Society That Does Not Take Care of the Elderly, Has No Future

The Church teaches us to love and care for the elderly, disabled, weak and helpless....

June 01, 2015

I’m Triaging My Life for Thriving, Not Just Surviving

I volunteered to host my book club at my house tonight. Then, life piled on...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

My Dead Will Stay Undecorated.

It's Memorial Day. Our big plan was to load Mama in the car and go...

May 22, 2015

I Left the Legislature a Year Ago and Nothing Has Gone as Planned.

A year ago tomorrow, I cast my last vote ... ... and walked out of...

May 18, 2015

We Need Caregiving for Caregivers of Parents with Dementia

A few days ago, I had someone praise me for my "witness." This person was...

May 15, 2015

Every Minute is an Hour When You’re Waiting in an Emergency Room

If you want to feel like your life lasts forever, spend it waiting with a...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

I Need a Doctor Who Will Listen to Me

Is there a doctor anywhere on this planet who will listen to dementia patient's families? My long-time...

April 07, 2015

Mama

We had a family discussion last night. The upshot was that the time has come...

March 2015

March 04, 2015

Pope Francis: Discarding the Elderly is Ugly and It is a Sin

This is a powerful message for our Pope on the care of the elderly.

January 2015

January 13, 2015

Walking Mama Home

My mother is slipping away. Last week, she asked me, “Are we sisters, or cousins,...

December 2014

December 09, 2014

My 24/7 Mama and Zombie Days

My mother is doing a new thing with her dementia. A couple of years ago,...

October 2014

October 01, 2014

Pope Francis: The Future is in the Meeting Between Youth and the Elderly

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Home and Family are Not Outmoded. They are Eternal Truths on Which People are Built.

A long time ago in a land not so far away, married couples often...

August 23, 2014

Wayfaring Mama. Caring for Elderly Parents with a Will to Wander.

Yesterday I took a nap. I woke to my outraged son, wanting to know why...

August 23, 2014

Wandering Mama. Caring for Elderly Parents with a Will to Rove.

Yesterday I took a nap. I woke to my outraged son, wanting to know why...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

Former Euthanasia Supporter Testifies Against British Bill: We were Wrong. Terribly Wrong.

My heart goes out to Dr Theo Boer. He doesn’t sound as if he gets...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

What’s With Our Cold-Calling Pope? I Don’t Care.

I’m sort of loggy and hung over from long days at work this week. Maybe...

March 2014

March 08, 2014

My Mother Forgets Stuff. But Sometimes She Remembers Other Stuff.

My mother always was one to sweat the little things. Maybe that’s why I’m so...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

The Issue is Murder, and Our Willingness to Allow It

My Sabbath rest from this blog came just in time. I had read too many...

February 18, 2014

Pope Francis: Peace Depends on Human Dignity

Following the teachings of the Catholic Church means that you will always be on...

February 15, 2014

Western Civilization is a Dead Man Walking. Here’s Why.

It slipped past quietly, while we were ordering roses for Valentine’s Day and chattering about...