In May, 2022, my dad was admitted to the hospital with a shingles infection that resulted in a shocking acceleration of his Alzheimer’s disease and he has been in memory care since then. He is currently at Emerson House in Portland, OR. (shout out to Adinah, Jose, and the other caregivers!)
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Don’t get me wrong. I love a good wine-fueled girls’ weekend. I’ve been to two amazing female gatherings in the forest and at the coast in the last 2 years. But this girls’ trip was different, full of wildflowers instead of wine and starring Oregon’s tallest peak, Mt. Hood. For this girls’ trip, my friend Val and I donned 35-pound backpacks and walked 40 miles around the highest point in Oregon.
Continue readingI went to bed in disbelief and woke up in tears, my fight or flight response on high alert. At about 4 p.m. yesterday before any election returns were in, it occurred to me that I hadn’t even considered the possibility that Donald Trump could be our next president.
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Lower the Bar for More Fun 