Earlier today I spent a few hours (like half the day) looking up an old friend that I onced lived with. It’s been about 10 years since we saw one another but I still remember her, her husband and their two kids and
they still remember me, my husband and our son. Granted now we have an additional three more, it was like a day hadn’t passed.
Well my kids and her kids have decided to be penpals. In a way these will be kids writing a real penpal they’ve never met because honestly while they’ve heard a ton of stories about …read more

Nursing home residents and Alzheimer’s patients often don’t receive mail even though they would like to be remembered at mail time.  Those in the earlier stages of Alzheimer’s, when they still can comprehend, do enjoy letters, postcards, and cards.  
My mom, when she had Alzheimer’s and resided in a nursing home, enjoyed looking at cards and notes.  She also collected cards from other residents and thought they’d been sent to her!  We read them together and then returned the cards.   
In a recent article, “Letters Welcomed by Nursing Home Residents,” that I wrote for Inky Trail News, a print publication, I related my experiences about writing to nursing home residents,  …read more