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    Blog Lessons from Alzheimer's

    Mom

    October 15, 2015

    Alzheimer’s Disease is an ongoing exercise in grieving. Every loss along the course of decline forces us to release and let go. An image, a name, a memory, a task, a sense of self evaporates one by one. And with each mini death, we embrace the new. We go all in, loving the person where they’re at, searching for new ways to connect, admiring the beautiful inner core revealed. Mom died September 2, 2015, six or so years after being…

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  • Blog Lessons from Alzheimer's

    Remembering Mom

    Read at Mom’s Celebration of Life Memorial in Tucson, Sept. 29, 2015 I’m Ellen O’Connor Sauer. I’m married to Barb and Dick’s son Joel, AKA #5, so Barbara has been my mother-in-law for the…

    October 8, 2015
  • Blog The Inner Self

    Big White

    Written May 6, 2013 I was blindsided by grief. I knew it was going to be rough. I just didn’t anticipate the enormity of the loss for me. I know…it’s just a dog, it…

    May 6, 2013