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229.→Husband Journey: Home Is Where the Art Is

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I have published a book of Robert’s art works     The Robert update: Well folks, after a talk with the physical therapist, occupational therapist and speech therapist, as well as the social worker, on Thursday, 3/4, all of my observations made from afar were validated and I learned much more. This is, to me, is the saddest of situations: Robert is refusing to participate in physical therapy. He is oppositional to the occupational therapist. The speech therapist, also observes that tight, jaw-clench, facial grimace and growl. Everyone is scratching their heads; they don’t know what to do. Those who … Continue reading →

225.→Husband Journey: The Sans Souci Art Museum [Gallery 4]

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  The Robert Update: Robert has tested negative for Covid twice which gives him the “freedom” to move out of a Covid facility and back to where he had come from in Queens, however, at the time of this writing, the social worker from where he is has not had any communication from the Queens facility since she left a message last Friday. I would just as soon he stay in a rehab at his resent location in the Bronx, for now, as I can’t visit him anyway. All this moving is very disorienting to everyone involved. I asked for … Continue reading →

153. Mother-Daughter Journey: All That is Left Behind

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All that is left behind … On a recent visit to my 101 year old mother, she thrust an old plastic baggy of stuff into my hands and I was told to “take it home before one of the aides steals it.” Sometimes my mother is so right on, it is scary: she’ll name all her teachers, sing you a show tune and tell you about any actor you want to know about. She still refers to herself as a “flapper.” Other times her paranoia is frightening for me, the child, to witness. My mother had been referring on the … Continue reading →