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A funny, sarcastic Mom writes about trying for joy while losing her Mom to Alzheimer's. Patti's writing is real, silly and sad, just like dementia is.

Why I get up at 5 AM
Why I get up at 5 AM
Patricia CruzSeptember 22, 2018
"Age In Place"- just one of the terrible phrases that makes sense now
"Age In Place"- just one of the terrible phrases that makes sense now
Patricia CruzAugust 4, 2018
Feeling Farts: It has to come out somewhere
Feeling Farts: It has to come out somewhere
Patricia CruzMay 6, 2018
Saying goodbye when someone you love is dying
Saying goodbye when someone you love is dying

Preparing to say goodbye to someone you love

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Patricia CruzApril 11, 2018
Why you need to take a vacation: A Royal Caribbean Review
Why you need to take a vacation: A Royal Caribbean Review
Patricia CruzMarch 13, 2018
I Cry When I Run: Grief and Exercise
I Cry When I Run: Grief and Exercise
Patricia CruzFebruary 9, 2018
Christmas tradition? How not driving 5 hours can be a magical thing
Christmas tradition? How not driving 5 hours can be a magical thing
Patricia CruzDecember 22, 2017
Guest Post: The Holidays Without You
Guest Post: The Holidays Without You
Patricia CruzNovember 17, 2017
Top 10 Tips For Hiring A Caretaker
Top 10 Tips For Hiring A Caretaker
Patricia CruzOctober 30, 2017
How 10 days of meditating changed me. Am I an expert already?
How 10 days of meditating changed me. Am I an expert already?
Patricia CruzOctober 6, 2017
Grieving is taking so long! Will meditation help?
Grieving is taking so long! Will meditation help?
Patricia CruzAugust 14, 2017
Are my neighbors having more fun than me?
Are my neighbors having more fun than me?
Patricia CruzAugust 1, 2017
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This is so you know it’s not a pastel picture of me doing something related to Mother’s Day. It’s also so everyone knows my son cheated on this one. He said it’s what a dinosaur says but I think he just had a whole mess of &ld
Mother’s Day is in six days. After such a big loss like losing a parent, don’t wing it! You need a plan, just like I did. So I made one for us. Tryingforjoy.net and then click under “blog” to see the Mother’s Day Plan.
Sunrise at the @smokymountainnationalpark was so amazing. Yesterday marked 10 years since Dad passed. It feels like so much time has passed. I wrote about how different grief is now, how I sort of feel like an orphan even though I’m not a kid a
Thank you @cabincreekside for thinking of the kids with this Airbnb rental!! Amazing basement!
In this “cool down” pool (it is probably not really called this) is my buddy and his swim bestie. They had just swam their first 100 back stroke. He was so so scared to do 3 flip turns, to swim that far in a race, and to be a beginner on
When in Manayunk, come play some old school video games and eat some homemade ice cream! @tubbyrobot #summerfridays #vanillaplease
These carrots were purchased by my husband on a camping trip when he told me the store had “lots of veggies”. We didn’t eat them. So then we gave them a car ride back from @shenandoahnps (amazing, go there if you haven’t and s
I’ve been writing again. No, not about rainbows. About eulogies and grief. Because nothing says summer like eulogies! Please read (Writing the Best Eulogy Ever- A Step By Step Guide- link in bio) and send to your friends/family that might be st
My son brought this home last night. His art teacher had the K students create a paper version of an “ugly doll”. Then the 6th graders turned those paper creations into real life “stuffies”. He was overwhelmed at how they got
For those of you grieving this winter and remembering family, I wrote about a year without Mom. ..."But it’s really hard for me to remember Mom as her full self. Do I erase the years of watching her slowly die to get to the deeper memories
 

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