Tag Archives: Dementia

Remember Who You Are

Posted on April 30, 2022 by aamontgomery

Knowledge of our ancestors, the people who made our lives possible, guides us and helps us remember who we are. Continue reading →

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Going On

Posted on January 2, 2017 by aamontgomery

Why are all the real things, the important things, so easily mislaid underneath the things that hardly matter at all? — Jeanette Winterson, from “Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days” Over the last year I have … Continue reading →

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My Winking Valentine

Posted on July 11, 2016 by aamontgomery

Yesterday I went to see Daddy who was sitting in the chair of his transitional care unit (TCU) room at the hospital. TCU, yes, but not the university located in Ft. Worth, Texas. With his brand new hip and Mama … Continue reading →

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I Will Remember

Posted on June 30, 2016 by aamontgomery

  A week ago, my sister Lisa called me and said our father had fallen on his way into his senior living facility after she and Mama had taken him outside. She said he crumpled, as if in slow motion, … Continue reading →

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Living in a Self-Help Storage Facility

Posted on May 31, 2016 by aamontgomery

A month or so ago, my father’s senior living facility scheduled a family members meeting. Although Daddy–due to his dementia–is in the memory care “retreat” area, the meeting also included family members from the assisted living side of the facility. Facilitated … Continue reading →

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Our Corner That Keeps Flapping Around

Posted on March 31, 2016 by aamontgomery

Nearly twenty years ago, my father Roy Allen retired at the age of 62. Daddy’s passions were (1) his family (especially his fellow sports maniac, his grandson Justin), (2) Lady Vol basketball, (3) New York Yankees baseball, and (4) traveling … Continue reading →

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More Than Enough

Posted on November 28, 2015 by aamontgomery

For all those of you who believe your life is over when you turn 30 or 40 or 50, I have a secret for you: I have passed those milestones and have never been happier, looked better, enjoyed life more, … Continue reading →

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The Cure for the Pain

Posted on October 31, 2015 by aamontgomery

By some peculiar alchemy of dementia, there are flashes of light when the seeming blindness of Daddy’s soul and withdrawal from everything around him subside. At those moments, there is a window to Daddy who is occasionally still there in his once … Continue reading →

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