Tag: caregiving
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The Story My Mother-In-Law Tells On Repeat
What Alzheimer’s Took From Her – And What It Left Fuheis, Jordan-October 2020 At home in Fuheis, on the outskirts of Amman, Jordan, my mother-in-law “Auntie Rula” paces through the dimly lit rooms. In the living room: a loop around the coffee table, stepping carefully over her husband’s feet while he sits on the couch…
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I Wish My Mother-In-Law Knew My Name
But Her Alzheimer’s Is Too Advanced Fuheis, Jordan – October 2020 Yesterday I took Auntie Rula for a walk around sunset time. There were little bits of pale yellow cloud swimming easily in the sky, lit up by the setting sun behind the old cement factory. We wandered up and down the steep, unyielding hills…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…