I could really relate to your story and the way I, as a mother, always wants to protect my children. Your mom was always there for me and my students. She would always ask if I needed a student represented at an IEP meeting. Your mom was always there to support all the students. I could always count on her. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Your writing hits me on every level. Caring for my mom with Alzheimer’s for a number of years led me back to writing, and for a while much of what I wrote was the painful story of her descent from talented artist/writer to the loss of that identity. Necessary at the time, I guess.
Her recent passing, while enormously bittersweet, gradually flipped the narrative. This year I launched a reboot of the foodletter she wrote and illustrated for 30 years, sharing her with the world. Keeping her spirit and talent alive.
As you wrote, “not to continue to cry about my mom no longer being here with me, but rather to celebrate the times I did have with her.”
I could really relate to your story and the way I, as a mother, always wants to protect my children. Your mom was always there for me and my students. She would always ask if I needed a student represented at an IEP meeting. Your mom was always there to support all the students. I could always count on her. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Your writing hits me on every level. Caring for my mom with Alzheimer’s for a number of years led me back to writing, and for a while much of what I wrote was the painful story of her descent from talented artist/writer to the loss of that identity. Necessary at the time, I guess.
Her recent passing, while enormously bittersweet, gradually flipped the narrative. This year I launched a reboot of the foodletter she wrote and illustrated for 30 years, sharing her with the world. Keeping her spirit and talent alive.
As you wrote, “not to continue to cry about my mom no longer being here with me, but rather to celebrate the times I did have with her.”
Happy Heavenly Birthday to Alice! Im sure she’s proud of the excellent writer she birthed !
This was a wonderful post in so many ways. A true celebration of life.