Ch. 112 Pat Thinks Better Then She Can Speak           October 2021           Pat and I used to talk about politics for hours. We Read more

Ch.111 Pat and I have a Serious Conversation about Death and Loneliness October 2021           “I will be gone…gone.”           Pat was in a somber Read more

Ch.110 A Simple Gesture of Respect           September 2021           Last night I brought our Collie Levi to The Refuge. Before we in, though, Read more

Ch.109 Pat Begins Taking a Strong Pain Reliever           September 2021           Pat has been in significant pain for a long time; she has Read more

Ch.108 I’m Here at The Refuge, Aren’t I, to Stay.           September 2021           This morning I came to The Refuge memory care facility Read more

Ch.107 Pat Moves to a Very Good Memory Care Center September 13, 2021           Three months ago, I helped Pat apply to a local memory care center that Read more

Ch.106 Tears of Love           Sept. 2021           I thought Pat was sleeping when Dan, her Home Health nurse, and I began talking about Read more

Ch.105 Here’s What We’ve Been Avoiding Telling You           Late August, 2021           Elizabeth Acevedo is the author of a tremendous novel written in Read more

Ch.104 McKenzie Maria McGillicutty: How to Have a Little Fun When It is Hard Finishing Your Sentences.           Pat has been having more trouble finishing her sentences Read more

Ch. 103 Pat is Home with Me in My Heart August, 2021            Yesterday the Home Health evaluator told us that since Pat hadn’t made any progress gaining Read more

Ch.102  Pat Reads Nancy Drew to Ron           Aug. 2021           Finding things to do together has become challenging now that Pat has begun Read more

Ch.101 The Story of Blackberry the Steer: How Pat Saved a Life and Gained a Large Friend           Every family has its stories that get passed down Read more

Ch.100 Disheartening Morning; Somber Afternoon; Beautiful Evening July 2021 Disheartening Morning. Pat is back at Peaceful Life Assisted Living. Today she was scheduled to receive an evaluation for physical therapy from her previous Read more

Ch.99 Why Now? Pat has a Flare Up of her Auto-Immune Disease           July 2021.           Pat endured the first attack of bullous pemphigoid Read more

Ch.98 Pat is Transferred to a Rehab Center            July 9, 2021           Pat has finally been transferred to a rehab center, a nursing home Read more

Ch.97 Pat Returns to the Hospital June 29, 2021 10:00 a.m. “Ron, Pat fell out of bed and is floating in and out of awareness. We’ve called an ambulance.” 11:00 a.m. Pat, my daughter Cindy, Read more

Ch.96 Pat Tells Me How She is Growing           June 2021.           Today I took Pat for a wheelchair walk from Peaceful Life assisted Read more

Ch.95 The Transition to Assisted Living was Going Well – Until the Fire Alarm Went Off              June 13, 2021           Pat has been Read more

Ch.94 Twenty-Four Hours of Chaos           June 8, 2021           10:00 A.M.  Pat and I cuddle quietly in bed. Everything seems ok. A time Read more

Ch.93 We’re Ready to Accept Help.           June 2021           Pat came home today. She’s only partially recovered from her urinary tract infection, though, Read more