acceptance | Jennifer Sullivan

My dad, Gerald Eugene Lucas’s obituary

Gerald “Jerry” Eugene Lucas, beloved husband, father, and grandfather passed away Monday, March 11, 2024, at age 85 due to complications from an injury. Jerry was born on February 25,…

My mom, Bobbie Lee’s Obituary

Bobbie Lee (formerly Bobbie Lucas), a loving mother and grandmother, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020, at age 82 due to complications from COVID-19. She was born on July 16,…

My Alzheimer’s Fundraising Page was Shadowbanned by Facebook

First of all, I work in social media marketing. I use posting tools, like Buffer and Sprout Social, and lots of hashtags and have a better-than-average understanding of how Facebook…

One memory at a time

Being an Alzheimer’s caregiver is hard. I raised three kids and went through a divorce and I’ve faced down everything life has thrown my way so far, but this caregiver…

When There’s Nothing Left of Her

My husband and I take my mom to dinner almost every Wednesday evening. I try to pick different places with good, healthy food and a nice place we can sit…

Things nobody told me about being an Alzheimer’s caregiver

First and foremost, when it rains it pours. It seems that I can go weeks with just the regular visits to my mom and all is well, but when something…

Grace and Dignity and Alzheimer’s

I had one of the roughest visits with my mom yesterday. She’s been in a pretty good mood the last few times we’d seen her, so I wasn’t expecting…

Things I Miss

I was thinking the other day about how simple things used to be before social media, before I had a computer phone in my pocket, and before I had any…

The Struggle of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

In 2013 my mother spent a few days in the hospital. Initially she went there because she had food poisoning, but within 24 hours the doctors and nurses knew that…

Retirement

I have not retired, yet. However, that is not to say that the feelings that come along with retirement, such as, “what do I do now?” “how am I going…

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