I love visiting Meems during nap time. She takes a morning nap and an afternoon nap. She has dinner at 5:00, and then, back to bed she...

I have been sitting here staring at my computer screen for longer than I'd like to admit. I can't quite decide on the answer to the...

I was grateful that I didn't encounter any of Meems' caregivers as I walked down the hall of Wedgewood South after leaving her room this...

As I sat with Meems helping her eat her supper the other day, she told me that she had been to two colleges. "I went to a junior college...

If I visit the Meems in the afternoon, she is most assuredly napping. I like to go around 4:00 so that I can snuggle and chat with her...

Meems. Meems. Meems. Sometimes she says the darndest things. The other day when I arrived for my daily visit, I knelt down in front of...

Meems has a new obsession. It's all she thinks about day and night. Just this afternoon when I cuddled up beside her while she was...

There were warning signs. Omens. All ignored. For starters, when I began packing for the trip, it took me forever to find my ski...

I'm a hopelessly sentimental old fool. After losing my sister to cancer 20 years ago, I learned about sentimentality the hard way. The...

I spent some time with Meems' BFF, Leonard, last week. As we were driving to his appointment with his eye doctor, he turned to me and...

When the boys were little, not a day went by that one of them didn't say something funny. "I'll bet you don't even BELIEVE in the Statue...

When we celebrated Christmas on June 25th, I was convinced that Meems had talked to God and was planning on taking a little trip to see...

Like clockwork, the Wedgewood South van pulled up in front of our house bright and early Christmas morning. After sliding open the back...

Meems was asleep when I visited yesterday. As I quietly lowered the bedrail so that I could sit on the bed next to her, her eyes opened...

Things Meems Said At 4-5 Minute Intervals During Lunch Yesterday And My Responses: "Have you met your new boss yet?" (I am unemployed,...

This will be a no frills, no edit quicky. But, I just had to tell you what Meems told me today. She was cuddled in her favorite fetal...

Perhaps it's the gray morning peeking through my window. Maybe it's the rather somber "Peaceful Guitar" Spotify playlist that is...

On the way to KFC after church yesterday, Alan and I had an interesting discussion with Meems' best friend, Leonard. He has given me...

My husband, Alan, and I took a sentimental journey last week. We traveled "back in time" to one of our favorite spots - Estes Park,...

In June of 1969, a young, vulnerable, soon-to-be single mother and her two daughters (11 and 9) arrived in Waco, Texas, seeking safety...