I don’t want to be alone. Now what?
In many ways, spouses are as imprisoned as their loved ones with dementia. What if a full life means being in a loving, reciprocal, committed partnership…
April 2024
Reflections on being human: Part 2
In writing about my journey with my husband’s dementia I’ve had to abstract ideas before I can write about them. I’ve continued to ponder the bigger…
An experiment vacationing solo
The year after my trip to Alaska sped by. I continued therapy, working through the torrent of emotions, thwarted life plans…
Sort of alone in Alaska
I decided to go to Alaska. I wasn’t trying to check destinations off a menu, I was trying to learn what being alone with my experiences might be like…
When I decided I had to retire
When I saw “I decided” to retire that might be imbuing my choice with too much rationale. The upheaval of the past few years had caught up with me…