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                I write, and therefore I am. As the writer, let me first introduce or re-introduce myself. I am a follower of Jesus, I was a follower of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Guruji) who I still regard as the greatest man alive...

          I walked into my in-law's suite last evening to find her lying in bed babbling and waving her arms to something only she could hear. And he, with his hearing loss, was leaning towards her from his seat on the couch for a sip of...

            At first, the decision to take the Palliative Care Train seems like a relief as you are no longer striving to get places but allowing yourself to be carried more by the "natural" impetus of your loved one. Up to this point we...

                      Last week together they decided that they did not want the new PSW’s attention and asked to have her sent home. I was unable to do anything about it and had to let it go. The problem was that...

I invented a game that he accepted, and she was willing to play: taking turns having morsels of food, say from a plate of cheese and crackers. Once he had a piece, he couldn’t have another until she did. It worked well, particularly when I was there to prompt her,...

            She’s getting weaker all the time and while this is to be expected, the pace can be moderated, particularly if she’s getting enough food “energy” each day. But he is with her most of the time and unfortunately has lost any...

        Life is always changing and while it has been a recurring theme since their children pushed them into no longer living alone in Kingston, this “who’s the boss” issue has simmered in both my father-in-law and my mother-in-law, with many...