Mom was mostly bed ridden during my lifetime due to many back surgeries & chronic pain. She gave me the opportunity to learn to serve & make simple things, as I made it into a game of playing "waitress". I would make menu choices, and pen her order on a pad...

When I was a little boy Ma sat me down for lunch and I couldnt wait for her to put it on the table because I was starving. Within a few minutes she put the plate in front of me..... It was cottage cheese on toast with cinnamon sprinkled on it! I was conf...

Theresa was adamant that she never wanted to live in a nursing home. She got her wish and lived at home cared for by her daughters until a few days before she passed. Theresa was so insistent about not living in a nursing home that she specified that condition...

Theresa's last wish was to see her husband Frank, whom she hadn't seen in several months. On Easter Sunday we brought Frank to visit Theresa and they had a very nice visit. When Theresa saw Frank, she exclaimed "Frank, we've been married for 68 years!...