My mother, she was the BEST mother and an amazing woman! The earliest and most favorite childhood memories are of mother always in the kitchen either canning, cooking or baking something delicious and yummy for us to eat! The bes...
My mother and her family survived a memorable time in history. They had NO electricity, until 1939, NO indoor plumbing, using an out-house, even in the winter, a kerosene lamp to do homework by, straw mattresses, NO TV, just a ra...
Because of mother’s denial, she did not want to discuss her memory lapses and told father and I to “chalk it up to old age.” She did not want to talk about “it” (Alzheimer’s) when father and I tried to share our concerns. B...
Alzheimer’s is a catastrophic disease! To lose one’s mind, who you are and all the memories of one’s life, there is simply no words to describe that loss! According to the Alzheimer’s Association facts and figures, “Of the estimated 5.5 million...
My dear mother, Carol Pregill, was born in December, 1922. During the Great Depression, the hardships she and her family endured on their farm, in Oklahoma, gave her great strength, determination and a persevering spirit. Mother was an amazingl...
