by Linda Stuart | Oct 7, 2023 | Life's Journey
“How much do I love you?” I asked with a smile. His cloudy eyes met mine as he slowly spread his hands as wide as possible. “That’s right, Dad – to the moon and back, forever and always.” He tried his best to lift the corners of...
by Linda Stuart | Nov 19, 2018 | Life's Journey
Our lives are made up of stories. I would like to share with you one of my mother’s. Her name is Anne, but at the Dotsa Bitove Wellness Academy, they call her Champagne Annie. You see, my mother loves to dance and she loves the sound of music that makes her want...
by Linda Stuart | Feb 1, 2017 | Funerals, Death, and Dying, Life's Journey
I have heard that writing a letter to someone who has died is helpful to the grief process and, while my mother is still very much alive, with every passing day, I mourn her loss. Over and over again, I am reminded, “It’s not her, it’s the disease.” And so, Dementia,...
