Object Impermanence

Object Permanence is the why in why Peek-A-Boo is such a blast, why babies are surprised AF every time you appear again. The other end of the spectrum I call Object Impermanence in adults with dementia. That rock solid knowledge that when something or someone is out of sight or sound, that thing or person is simply…gone for good and for ever.

Quarantine Sunday #20

There is no aide today, only Big E & me. Tomorrow is our anniversary, Ma and me living together for the last two years. Both still alive, older and tireder than when we started. Outside, there's a raging pandemic & it's 90-hell-degrees. Inside, we have each other.

Parched & Faded: Lipstick Memories

Big Edie Benjamin Buttons along, forgetting all the every-day things I'd learned from her, the things that make up a life, she  tries to re-learn living, from me. What's lost will never come back. I can't fix it or slow it down. Instead, I honor our lessons, reminding her who taught me to read a recipe & cook; clean a house properly; put on lipstick and that it's okay to enjoy sex.