My mom’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad weekend
My mom had a bad weekend. First she couldn’t get out of bed, then she fell, then we bought her a walker, then Bailey the dog acted like he didn’t want to visit her (Bailey LOVES my mom), then a house...
View ArticleChasing the clouds away
My mom is 88 and for the first time in her life, this indomitable, feisty, funny woman is feeling old. She can’t get to the computer just now, but if you’d like to suggest jokes, books to read, movies...
View ArticleThe first six or seven steps
I expected to be writing a very sad post today about my mom breaking her hip. BUT, her spirits are good. She’s already had surgery, and she has a new rod and several pins in her right leg. She’s been...
View ArticleTeamwork is a lot harder than it sounds
The other day I went to visit Mom in the hospital. (She’s been in rehab since breaking her hip.) Anyhoo, she was telling me about a neighbor on her floor who had two knee replacements. And when Mom...
View ArticleShe’s baaaack!
Mom is home, safe and sound. Dad turned himself upside down trying to get everything neat and clean for her return, and his efforts paid off. She was glad to be home, glad to unpack and put her things...
View ArticleMoms, birthdays and the big 89
Few people are lucky enough to be able to say this but here goes: Happy 89th Birthday, Mom, I love you! What does it mean to be mothered by your mother when you are 58 years old? It means you can worry...
View ArticleGoing home
When my mother was born in Ulm, Germany in 1923, life was good. Then her father died of blood poisoning when she was only 4. And as Adolph Hitler came to power, the Jewish families who had been...
View ArticleGoing to the doctor, Mom-style
Over the years, my mom has taken me to the doctor dozens of times. She was there for camp check-ups, stitches, vaccines, tonsillitis, measles, chicken pox, impetigo, pink eye –all the gunky childhood...
View ArticleWhat’s it like to travel with your mom?
A lot of us driving in the Middle Lane are experts on traveling with our parents, our mothers in particular. Before I get much further, do read Joyce Wadler’s story on the subject, which is pretty...
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