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Wrinkles Earned Srories of My Grandmother

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Wrinkles Earned · 3W ago

Here We Come A- Raveling

“Something has changed,” Gramma announced suddenly when I sat her tray of dinner on her lap. “What has changed?” I asked. “I don’t know….” she said as I walked to the couch and took a seat myself. “But something has changed…I have no shoes.” Although it was true she was sitting in the living room [.
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Wrinkles Earned · 1M ago

The Trouble With “Perfectly”

“Please help me,” Gramma said wearily into the carpet. “I can’t help myself.” It was sometime between 4:00 and 4:30 am. I had awakened, as I often do these days, and taken the opportunity to use the restroom. When Gramma first came home from the hospital and hadn’t quite got her legs under her yet,
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Wrinkles Earned · 2M ago

It’s a Mystery…Part II

My mother does not want any mysteries. She, quite understandably, thinks that caring for an elderly person is hard enough without all the mysteries you can never figure out rearing their ugly heads at all times of the day. I am okay with the mysteries. Perhaps it is my ability to just accept some th
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Wrinkles Earned · 2M ago

It’s a mystery…….

Gramma is a night prowler. Or, as the medical professionals officially indicate, she “has her days and nights confused.” Before she was confined to the hospital once for nearly 30 days, and most recently for five, she routinely got out of bed many times during the night to do whatever she does when
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Wrinkles Earned · 2M ago

Stuff

“There is an infection. That’s what gives me the greatest fear,” Gramma said to me when I went to see her in the hospital. She is in for the second time this year – this time for a Urinary Tract Infection and a small infection in her lungs (i.e. pneumonia). Earlier this year, Gramma spent [...]
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Wrinkles Earned · 4M ago

The Good Tired

When I got there the dinner had already arrived and Gramma was sleeping. I woke her and she ate all her fish, cole slaw, and fries. She didn’t say much through dinner, but ate well. She just seemed visibly distracted, or perhaps uninterested, stoic even. “What is your nurse’s name?” I asked her. The
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Wrinkles Earned · 4M ago

When I got ther…

When I got there the dinner had already arrived and Gramma was sleeping. I woke her and she ate all her fish, cole slaw, and fries. She didn’t say much through dinner, but ate well. She just seemed visibly distracted, or perhaps uninterested, stoic even. “What is your nurse’s name?” I asked her. The
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Wrinkles Earned · 5M ago

The Breakfast Nook

breakfast nook - a place for light meals (usually near a kitchen) A breakfast nook is a small area in the home that is dedicated to informal dining. It is usually located within or adjacent to the kitchen. As the word “nook” implies, this area is generally small and compact. In older homes, the brea
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Wrinkles Earned · 5M ago

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Wrinkles Earned · 7M ago

Priceless

“Where is your mother?” Gramma asked. I explained for the second time that Mom was eating at Bob Evans with some friends and would be bringing a plate home for Gramma when she came home shortly. Fifteen or so minutes passed while Gramma tried to figure out what the weather was like based on the [...
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