Category Archives: the Process of Aging

An Unromantic Crush, a Poem

Posted on February 1, 2017 by taurusingemini

On how dementia slowly, takes over, translated… At the Very Beginning The Cruel Winter Was Snowing Down on Us The Northern Wind Blew Harshly by We Squeezed Tightly, Next to One Another I’d Heard that Nostalgic Oldie Underneath Your Chaotic … Continue reading →

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Pomelos, a Poem

Posted on January 28, 2017 by taurusingemini

On the aging process, translated… The Pomelos of Childhood Is Like Snot Spread Sideways Shot Out Like the Arrows from a Bow from the younger years, to the late adulthood years, NOT my photograph… Telling Mom I’m Not Cold! The … Continue reading →

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Our War…

Posted on January 24, 2017 by taurusingemini

They tell us, that this, is OUR war, that we must, go and fight for what we believed, our freedom! But, I can’t, bring myself, to do it, I mean, the war isn’t even in the country that I’m currently … Continue reading →

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It Takes More than Money, to Care for the Aging Elderly in the Population

Posted on January 5, 2017 by taurusingemini

Commentaries from the Front Page Sections, translated… The age of the elderly is here, in the limited amount of resources being available, how we’re to provide the needed care for the aging populations, is an issue that needs to be … Continue reading →

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My Mother Wanting More Attention from Me

Posted on December 28, 2016 by taurusingemini

On how one interacts with one’s own elderly parent, translated… My mother is eighty-six this year, she’d had a stroke twenty years ago, although she’d become, immobilized, but she’s still, full of life, enjoyed traveling a lot. And, these couple … Continue reading →

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Long-Term Care 2.0 May Well Become an Uncatchable Pokémon

Posted on December 23, 2016 by taurusingemini

Still didn’t think the WHOLE thing through, did ya! Whoever it was, that came UP with this “idea”, should consider getting her/his BRAINS examined! From the Front Page Sections, translated… On the eve of implementing Long-Term Care 2.0, a report … Continue reading →

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My Mother Who Became Demented Loved Singing, and Didn’t Die Until She Was Ninety-Six Years-Old

Posted on November 24, 2016 by taurusingemini

On the progressions of dementia, from the caretaker’s perspectives, translated… In 1995, my father passed away due to illness, my mother had a minor stroke living alone in Taichung, we’d hired a foreign nurse’s aide to accompany by her side, … Continue reading →

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Opening the Window, and You Will See the Oceans

Posted on November 21, 2016 by taurusingemini

In the hospitals, translated… Opposite my mother’s hospital ward, was an isolation room with glass panes all around, with a little boy, whose hands were tied up together, he kept on wiggling, the nurse said it was because the intubation … Continue reading →

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He’d Forgotten the Memories of Love They’d Once Shared, She’d Insisted on Holding Tightly to His Hand and Keep Walking Forth with Him in Life

Posted on November 15, 2016 by taurusingemini

The spouse of the demented elderly, on life, on still holding on to his hands as they get older by the day, translated… After my husband had surgery for his colon cancer back in 2011, he was, originally smart, he’d … Continue reading →

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That Knife of Criticism…

Posted on September 3, 2016 by taurusingemini

That knife of criticism that’s inside of you, you’d had it, “implanted” ever since, you can’t even remember when, can you???  Of course N-O-T.  It’s the way, that you were raised. Being criticized, for what you did, and what you … Continue reading →

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