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In 2005, my mom was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's when she was 54 and I was 22. This SubStack is a collection of my writings through her illness and after her subsequent death in April 2023.
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life sampling…
Conversation with the lady behind the bakery counter at Wegmans:
Lady: Would you like to try a sample? Me: Yes, please! Lady: We have either fruit tarte or chocolate peanut butter mousse tarte… Me: Hmm… is one better than the other? Lady: Well, it really depends on your mood. Do you want fruit, or do you want chocolate? Me: …Really?
(side note, as Donnie astutely noted upon me relaying this interaction: “You knew you were going to go for the chocolate. You were just angling to get her to let you try both…”)