Mental Health Support

She lost the ability to speak or make facial expressions toward the end. We kept her at home with caregivers as she asked. We were told not to leave our homes and care for her as she had done for her mother. "I do not want you to feel the way I did". We were younger than she was when she went to stay with own mother.

The confusion was so very hard. The inability to speak and respond to us was horrid. There was one bright moment when my sister visited. A visit was good if she spoke at all or smiled (that ended though). They were watching "Jeopardy" and my sister knew that Mother knew the final jeopardy question. She asked her the question and said.."You know this". The question was the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. Mother answered "Pearl Buck, The Good Earth". She was a teacher and librarian. They were the only words she spoke during the weekend.

This is hard, it is your mother. Many of us understand. We will read your words and appreciate what you are doing whenever you feel the need to share.