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Paige Geiger.

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Category: Alzheimer’s Disease

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I want to remember all my yesterdays

November 9, 2021230 Views2 Comments

Yesterday I ran a marathon, finished my PhD, lived in a foreign country where I didn’t speak the language. Yesterday …

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Cheering for new memories

August 25, 2021792 Views12 Comments

Despite her dementia, my Mom is still teaching us how to live and how to love “Now which one is …

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happy birthday to me

June 13, 2020355 Views

I don’t look forward to my birthday. I dread adding another candle to the cake, another circle around the sun. …

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Shared Stories

May 14, 2020144 Views

I learned to love books from my Mom. As a child I could reliably find my Mom in the study …

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Surf lessons

February 20, 2020355 Views

My Dad paddles furiously at the water, working to get in front of the wave and glide his wide and …

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hiding from the present

November 18, 2019272 Views2 Comments

Sometimes I wonder if I am hiding when I write. I’m writing a memoir about a time in my past, …

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children know best

August 7, 2019349 Views

I’m with my Mom, sitting next to her in a crowded restaurant, and yet I feel alone. I should be …

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making memories

August 7, 2019197 Views

I pull myself out of my warm bed and shuffle in the dark towards the kitchen to make a pot …

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