by Jennifer Ballantyne | Life Lessons, Motherhood, Our Stories, Relationships
BECOMING MOM – The Spiral Begins by Jen Ballantyne Mom could barely get her breath through scared tears. “What is it, Mom?” “The Sheriff came and he is going to take my house!” (…more tears). I was fearful. Not that I thought the Sheriff would take Mom’s house, but I...
by Jennifer Ballantyne | Life Lessons, Motherhood, Our Stories, Relationships
Nineteen months had passed since Mom’s Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and she was living with my family and me in Texas. Just after the diagnosis, we convinced her to move to a senior living facility in Pittsburgh, where she had lived for 50 years. I persuaded my...
