grief | Jennifer Sullivan

My memoir When The Window Closes

When The Window Closes: What I learned caring for my mom while she was alive and dying This memoir is a labor of love dedicated to my mom, Bobbie Lee.…

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,…

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…

A Letter to My Mom

a·mends (noun): to compensate or make up for a wrongdoing. Amends in 12-step work are about a genuine change in our behavior instead of the patchwork of an apology ~…

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…

It’s Never or Now

I’ve been debating whether or not to write this for a few weeks. Writing helps me work out how I’m feeling about something, but this is a sad subject. Almost…

Empty Nest

Having children is the experience of lifetime. There are endless lessons to be learned, moments of complete joy, mountains of work, and times of sadness. You have babies. You nurse…

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