Why didn’t I do this sooner?! I finished one of Ruth Reichl’s memoirs and was in a certain mood so I ordered off EBay a stack of her Gourmet mag’s last year of existence. (2009) It arrived today and I splayed the issues out before my mom (who has Alzheimer’s, late middle stages). We are having fun looking through them. She is SO HAPPY looking at all the recipes and talking about food! She will get days of fun from these (and I am ripping out some cool recipes).
It’s great that there are things you can do that engage your mom and make her happy.
I know from my own experience taking care of my grandma in her last years, that this is a time in your life that you may remember as difficult, but also enormously rewarding.
(Remember to take care of Yaelle, too!)
So sweet.......a wonderful memory to have and to hold.
.....and you still have all the great recipes......