Make the Hard Calls

Dementia steals your memory and your life, the progression slowly peeling away who you were. It is not, however, contagious. Nothing is contagious via the telephone. Uncomfortable making that phone call? Try shuffling through life in her slippers for a while.

What Sticks to the Wall

Q: What do alcoholics and addicts say all the time? / A: Leave me alone, I'm not hurting anyone but myself. Even after thirty years of twelve steps, I'd been underestimating the impact I had on her life. Then our lives were thrown against a wall of dementia like a handful of spaghetti, and I got to see what stuck.