A Last Treasure From My Mom

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Growing up there are so many things a parent does that you don’t even think twice about it. Now that I’m slowly losing my mom, it makes memories flood to the surface of the little things I took for granted.

If you’ve followed my journey, you know my mom has Alzheimer’s. If you want to see what I’m talking about, here’s a link to my original story:

My Mother is Disappearing

Through the last decade pieces of my mom have disappeared. The past year though it’s almost as though she’s aged thirty years. She can no longer manage to get onto an escalator, or use a public bathroom by herself. She forgets how to get out of a car.

But it’s the really little things that hit me the hardest.

I had my first grandbaby last November. This week, I received a letter addressed to my from my dad. Inside was a card saying congrats on the new grandbaby.

Nothing odd about that, right?

But handwritten inside was a note from my mom and I cried like a baby.