“Stories are our primary tools of learning and teaching, the repositories of our love and legends. They bring order into our confusing world.”

~ Edward Miller, British Historian

How ‘bout letting one of the stories below be your wingman?
It might be just what you need to “prime the pump” to get hearts and minds engaged, but with other people as the main characters!

We hope one or all of these stories lead to meaningful conversations with friends, family, neighbors, co-workers…and your medical care support team. Let’s keep the “die-a-logue” alive!

Calling the Birds Home
Death of a Parent, Vascular Dementia, Caregiving Laura Cleminson Death of a Parent, Vascular Dementia, Caregiving Laura Cleminson

Calling the Birds Home

My mother and I have lived side by side on the same farm for decades. Our love was mutual and constant. In 2015 my mother developed vascular dementia, and with that began the loss of her emotions and her memory and the relationship of mother and daughter as we have known it for nearly 60 years.

My name is Cheryl St. Onge. I was born in Worcester, Massachusetts the only child of a Physics professor and a painter. I guess I take after the painter (my mother) and chose a creative path. I’m a photographer. Pictures are my words.

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