Not Always So Peachy | Alzheimer’s in the First Person | Barbara Taylor Vaughan and Melissa Vaughan
My name is Melissa, I am Barbara’s daughter. We are writing this note together today. We need to make sure everyone realizes that our life is not a big love fest everyday. We are mother and daughter, even though my mother has Alzheimer’s, and I […]
Dying Alone | Melissa Vaughan
My mother used to volunteer to sit with people who were dying. These people were in their own homes, in hospice, or the hospital. Usually a nurse would call mom when the patient was in the final hours and she would come stay with them […]
Surprises | Alzheimer’s in the First Person | Melissa Vaughan
My mother has been writing me little notes, simple little notes, because she can not write very well anymore. She hides them everywhere, hoping I will find them. I think she began doing it, hoping that years from now I will find the notes tucked […]
Good Days and Bad | Alzheimer’s in the First Person | Melissa Vaughan
“Going to bed now, it has been a good day..today Missy and I talked and talked all day, we said things that I want to tell her, I am so afraid that one day I will go to sleep and wake up and have Alzheimer’s […]