Every family has their Christmas traditions. Mum used to make dozens and dozens of mince pies each year, giving them out to family and friends, to staff and patients at the hospice where she worked, and defrosting them to serve for pudding at family meals for the rest of the year (there are probably boxes […]
My sister recently happened across some emails written by my mum shortly after her Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2006. Helen sent them on to me, with a warning not to read them at work. I ignored her and opened them immediately, impatient to read my mum’s words, and ended up crying at my computer, hoping that […]
A lot of what you hear about dementia is pretty depressing. And, not going to lie, it can be pretty depressing. I miss my mum. The capable, intelligent woman who…