Three generations shared life together for decades in one household. Daughter and granddaughter set aside their lives to care give for two family members at home. Life challenges of undiagnosed advancing Lewy Body Dementia and medical challenges of MRSA tore apart the family unit. Writing, reflecting and researching then and now to shine light into holes in our society's safety nets for the aging, care givers and families.
Friday, November 28, 2025
Ordinary Day
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Road Runner
I sit and wonder . . . Is this my Past?
If it is so, how will my Future go?
So many times I feel I wait. When all I want is to anticipate.
Have I moved too far, too fast? Am I going to be first or last?
My map's kind of cloudy. My eyes see unclear.
This race that I've run? Will I never see the Sun?
I feel alone yet I walk beside. Sometimes I need a different ride.
Why do I make messes . . . When what I want are mixtures.
Coming to a Crossroad . . . I've seen this place before.
It's not one I want to visit again. Nothing draws me through the doors.
If I sit down I might not go on. If I stand still, there's no race to run.
LIfe's supposed to get easier as we age. The challenge is we're all on a "stage".
To see and be seen. To walk and to run.
I wait and I watch. Tell the world, "I've had enough?"
It's simple, my friend. I do not give up.
I walk and I learn. I stop and I turn.
For me it's the journey. Not how the story ends.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Life Song
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Adapt To Change
Woke up this morning. Time to write.
Came a BIG Surprise! Felt slammed against a wall.
All because a Hacker. Intentionally tried to make my life a living "HXXX".
Here's what I "heard":
Old Lady, Old Lady, You don't know what you're talking about.
All I'm doing is protecting my family.
You're the one who had to speak out.
Hiding in plain sight. Continuing to "push the envelope"
Thinks they outsmarted me. Not a chance.
You think no one knows? You're safe in what you do?
I'm "OLD" -- WHAT DO I KNOW?
You'll soon find aging has benefits.
Trained to uncover, dig deep, lasts a lifetime.
Some tools aren't meant to "borrow", They belong to another.
Got it all wrong, you say? Not as "old" and "worn" as you believe.
I see beyond and beneath. I go to depths you'll never see.
We aging are survivors. We've known your kind before.
You've thrown me a curve ball. I'll adjust my stance to compensate.
Today's World IS more complicated. Every Brave New World challenges.
You believe you're safe. You "caught" and "changed"?
You removed and believed Your actions removed responsibility.
The Dance of Life goes on. Quick, quick, slow, slow.
I see where you've been. I know where you go.
Keep both eyes open. The real life journey has just begun.
Monday, November 10, 2025
BitterSweet
We used to cringe when we would see pictures of starving children on TV.
Today we simply point and click.
Removing images is fast and "slick".
How many of you turn away from the screen?
Do you believe If it's gone, it's not "seen"?
Images that used to cause channel change
Now barely cause a voice to raise.
Why do we not turn away? Has it become "just another day".
So many "channels". To occupy our time.
Devastation of homes, of human lives. Do not even get a "rise".
Turning away. To munch and crunch. Angry if we miss lunch.
To provide and assist. To care and to see
Brings Change To The World For YOU and for ME.
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Perfecting People
I giggle, surpress a laugh. Another Gen moving up fast.
All want to walk, run the AI Trail. Soon it will be "their time to fail".
As younger Gens sit on the throne, they throw the stones. and walk alone.
Soon they'll step aside As a new Gen arrives.
Go forth and multiply. No need to even try.
Pull up your Avatar. Click your online friend.
Skin and bones. Blood runs cold.
We were told. We could be bold.
Population crashing. Everyone dashing.
No succession. Continual recession.
Robots obey. Humans cause discord.
Why not have a Ferrari . . . Instead of a Ford?
Children Learn What They Live. I was told years ago
If we teach them to take. We build a future fake.
Applauding the machines For all they could do
We put our faith in wires, They were our "desires"
Swallowing the hype. We would guide and type
Watching Dissolution Seeing Revolution?
Spoiler In The Deck
I really thought,
People are individuals.
We tried to "equalize"
Then they were "grown";
But how, some parents ask,
Enter other influencers.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Same Old Song
My generation lived daily. With short, quick sentences
Constant reminders of life lessons Many learned "the hard way" Passed down verbally.
Economies torn apart. Families struggled to survive.
Advanced Age does not create wisdom. Experience and Foresight are teachers.
Mom's generation. Knew true value.
Didn't need to see the words. Emblazoned on a wall.
Shortages from WWII. Most lived hand to mouth.
Some reaped great rewards. Suppliers of the devastation
Look closely, see similarities. Wars can be internal or external.
Shortages and then empty shelves. Days assigned to stand in line.
Soon we may understand The real meaning of "no more today".
War comes in many shapes and sizes. Big guns, high flying planes are messengers.
People at tables, a few speak, some listen. Waiting to know today's special.
If it will be "palatable". Or cause more disruption and loss.
Always told what we will gain. The need to cut back, to let go.
Generations follow many leaders. Old lessons never learned.
Losses celebrated. Lives enumerated.
One by one we pass away. Believing tomorrow's another day.
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Life Tests
Pairing, sharing, finding, losing
Times of plenty, times of scarce.
Walking, running, stumbling, falling
Places, spaces, requiem
Laughing, crying, Birthing, dying.
One thing common among the rest,
Time puts everyone through "the test".
Where will we go, who will we be?
Decades from now will we still be "WE"?
Some will remain, Others will fly.
Life is a battle, life is a breeze.
Never fully knowing what we will seize.
Life has its moments Shared and alone.
We welcome the best Turning backs on the rest.