Julie Frayn

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Alzheimer’s

Adventures in Alzheimer’s – cold, deep water edition

April 5, 2015

Lately, Mom has been trying to come to terms with death. Well, maybe not coming to terms. She’s begun to assume it is imminent. I gave her a hug the other day and she laid her head on my collar bone and sighed. I sighed too. She used to come up to my forehead. She […]

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Adventures in Alzheimer’s – Spherical produce edition

February 4, 2015

Once a week or so, either baby girl or I take Mom grocery shopping. It’s a good way to get her out of the house, get her a little exercise, and not be stuck with the ramblings about her broken television and her twisted take on the news (more on that in another adventure). A […]

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Adventures in Alzheimer’s – “Coffee” Edition

December 14, 2014

My mom has long been a coffee lover. She was filled with disdain and anger when, due to heart issues (as in, three heart attacks in one afternoon ten years ago, a 98% blockage removed by her heart doctor, Dr. Goodheart – I shit you not) she had to switch to the dreaded decaf she […]

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Adventures in Alzheimer’s – Chinese gunman edition

September 12, 2014

We had a freak September snow storm this week. Freak with a capital F. Tree limbs were snapping off left and right, the poor trees not accustomed to thick, wet, heavy snow weighing down still-green leaves that were in as much shock as we were. Cue the eerie knock at the door just after 6 […]

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