: About Me

I am...
...a wife
...a mother of two
...a grandmother of five
...a child development teacher
...a writer
...a balloon folding, face painting clown
...a caregiver for elderly parents

I want to...
...write stories for children and adults
...paint in acrylics and oil
...create wood graphics and furniture
...sew memory quilts
...go on more "daycations" with my husband
...make a difference in the lives of my students

I should...
...make more time for myself
...work harder on staying healthy
...minimalize my problems
...be more spontaneous
...follow my dreams
...love voraciously for the time I am here

My passion is ...

being creative.

I know too much about ...

family secrets.

My parents always told me ...

"You're face is gonna stick like that!"

My childhood ambition ...

to be loved.

My favorite memory ...

singing Holy Night out the bedroom window on snowy Christmas Eves.

Why I write ...

to release emotion.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

is silence.

My first job ...

was a census taker.

My best moment ...

was birthing my two boys.

My inspiration ...

heroes and sheroes.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Alzheimer's and being powerless to help, a child's perspective

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Tuesday night after dinner, I took my mother to the bathroom. I helped her pull her pants down and get seated on the toilet. After toileting, she could not wipe. "My arms aren't long enough," she said. I cleaned her and pulled up her pants. I guided her to the sink to wash her hands. I turned on the water for her. She put her hands under the water and just stood there letting it run over her fingertips. "Pick up the soap," I said. She picked it up and held it under the warm stream of water. "Pull it out from under the water." She pulled her hands and the soap out of the running water. "Rub...

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