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Caregiver Chronicles IX: Men

Phew. What a week of testosterone. First, on Sunday, Will Smith walks up on stage and slugs another man. Then, looking out my window, I see…

May 10, 2022

May 10, 2022

Caregiver Chronicles VIII: ODTAA

ODTAA. One Damn Thing After Another, as Douglas used to say.

Apr 22, 2022

Apr 22, 2022

Caregiver Chronicles VII: Rage

I called 911 tonight. I felt guilty about doing that because I knew all I wanted was someone else to help calm Douglas down and I wasn’t…

Apr 22, 2022

Apr 22, 2022

Caregiver Chronicles VI: Dites Moi

Douglas has taken a turn for the worse. He has entered a shouting phase, punctuating the day and night with outbursts of yelling, mostly in…

Apr 22, 2022

Apr 22, 2022

Caregiver Chronicles V: Owning the Facts

Douglas’s former wife once said to me, “People would like you better, Penny, if you weren’t right all the time.” For some reason, I found…

Jan 6, 2022

Jan 6, 2022

Caregiver Chronicles IV: Amy

Amy, Douglas’s caregiver, is a godsend. Really. I have no other explanation for my good fortune in finding Amy.

Dec 7, 2021

Dec 7, 2021

Caregiver Chronicles III: What to Do

Douglas, in his prime, had a hyper-engaged life with a million friends and a zillion interests. Even after retiring, he never had trouble…

Dec 7, 2021

Dec 7, 2021

Caregiver Chronicles II: The Night Person

I would like to believe that the person Douglas has become with dementia is not the person I married, that dementia has taken Douglas away…

Dec 7, 2021

Dec 7, 2021

Caregiver Chronicles I: The Seventh Age

I want to try to write about this, to write myself out of the insanity, or to make some sense of it. I want to write for the people living…

Dec 7, 2021

Dec 7, 2021

Pennybrynn

Pennybrynn

Because of the sensitive nature of this chronicle, and to protect my family's privacy, I am using made up names for the principals and myself. I am a writer.

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