.. my mom's mom..

Is in a nursing home with dementia and i heard she is doing badly and getting angry.. i think about calling her but i rarely do 🙁 it's been awhile.. i wasn't close with my mom's family.. they resented my dad .. but her dad was the one who forced her to come to America and then marry my dad .. because her dad wanted to come here himself.. which they did eventually .. my few memories of her are going to visit her friend's chocolate shop.. to this day if i smell a chocolate factory i remember being there, also eating ice cream cones and watermelon on the back porch .. and her locking us in the basement once..

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sarabee1995 · 26-30, F

Wow, so my mom's mom also develope dementia (Alzheimer's in her case). She did eventually pass from it and the problems that come along with. 😔

Also, as in your situation, my mom's mom was not from here. She met and married my mom's dad while he was in the US Army in Germany. They married over there and when his was rotated back to the States, she had to come with. They had a baby (my mom) back here and around the time she was in middle school, my grandfather (mom's dad) split and left them with nothing. My Omi ("grandmother" ... mom's mom) stayed here to raise her American daughter but had a long, lonely life. So sad. And eventually got dementia and passed a few years ago.

She was around long enough that I have many very fond memories of her, including sneaking out just the two of us to get ice cream cones.

Please call, or better yet, visit if you can. We owe so much to those who brought us into this world. 🫂