I have watched my father go from a strong, independent man to a frail, elderly man. Particularly over the last year I have seen our roles switch. Last year he had several falls which highlighted his weakened body. He also has shown increased memory loss. He had to spend time in rehab and is now […]

It was a difficult decision to remove my aging father, of age 70, from his comfortable nursing home and bringing him into my household. However, my worries were quickly turned to joy as I realized what an impact he was beginning to have on our family. First of all, my wife and I were able […]

My parents died, when I was young, so my grandmother and grandfather raised me on their own pretty much my entire life. They were great parents, and I miss my grandfather everyday. My grandmother though, in recent years, has been slipping downhill, and was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease earlier this year. It’s very upsetting, watching […]

What I remember most about my mother’s jewelry box was the glamour! When I was six years old, one of my favorite treats was sitting next to my mother and watching her sort through her jewelry. She would pick out individual pieces and tell me stories about where she bought them, or when my father […]

My mom’s jewelry always brings a huge smile to my face. She had the good luck to have beautiful features (a cross between Elizabeth Taylor and Judy Garland) and the smarts to buy lots of wonderful costume jewelry in the 1950’s. My most favorite piece is a stunning ruby red faceted necklace with three strings […]

I am currently in my early 30s while my father is in his late 50s. He has suffered two mild strokes and has been diagnosed with diabetes around a year ago. My father had been the breadwinner for us three kids when my mother left us. He had been working too hard and this could […]

My mother always wore two rings, one on each hand. The left hand still is wearing her wedding band, now my right hand is wearing her Class of “47” ring. It’s worn and you can hardly read the inscription, but still lovely in design. It reminds daily of the love she gave her husband and […]

My mother had lovely antic pieces among her jewelery collections. Among them, one particular pair of earrings would fascinate me as a child. The ear rings were made of rubies and pearls in a closed setting encased in gold. I was so much in awe of them that I would insist on wearing them on […]

My father was a senior officer in the Indian Army. He was always known to be very strong, energetic and full of child-like enthusiasm. After his retirement, when I and my sister made our houses, he was the strength behind their smooth execution. My mother was a perfect foil for him. He would walk not […]

My mother had a vanity full of perfumes, costume jewelry and make-up and all sorts of beautiful whatzits and whatnots that to a nine-year old seemed amazing. But she had so much, you never thought she’d miss any of it. You’d have thought. Every year, our elementary school provided pumpkins to the students. The children […]

My mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease about 15 years ago. Sadly a minority of these patients go on to develop dementia and my mother is one such person. One of the many problems we experienced as a family was in realizing that dementia had actually set in. Since my mother had always been a […]

My mother was never big on jewelry. She always said her kids were her most beautiful accessory, as she carted all six of us with her everywhere she went. Yet she wore the same pair of earrings every day, beautiful gold and pearl earrings. They were given to her by her mother. My three sisters […]