Winter Wonderland By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person living with dementia Date: December 23rd, 2013 It has been an eventful last few days in Ontario. A two-day ice-storm walloped our area bringing activity to a stand-still. M

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• Dementia
• Wighton

The End of Banking By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person with dementia Date: February 12th, 2014 Mathematician is not a word that describes me. Even as far back as kindergarten, I struggled with simple arithmetic such as 1 + 1.

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• Health
• Dementia
• Credit card
• Bank

Happy Birthday By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person with Dementia Date: August 4th, 2013 It was 41 years ago today, when my Dawnie Girl was born. I am so grateful to her parents for their gift to the world. Dawn and I met about

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• Party
• Happy Birthday
• Birthday Cake
• Gift

The Long Hallway By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person with Dementia Date: May 31st, 2013 The smell of urine has not left me. Yesterday, Dawn made arrangements for us to visit a long-term care facility. At 2:00 p.m. we arrived a

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The Waverley Mansion Grandchildren By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person with Dementia Date: March 21st, 2014 I needed a bit of an “ump” today. Although the sun is shinning and I saw a Robin, I was still in need of something

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• Wighton
• Waverley
• Literature

Technology By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person with Dementia Date: February 21st, 2014 This past week, I somehow managed to wreck our microwave, rendering it useless. For me, I did not have an immediate need to go out and purc

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• Dementia
• 9

Sochi 2014 By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person living with dementia Date: February 7th, 2014 Today the world, with all of its media, turns to the coastal city Sochi, Russia. The Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony is beginni

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• Wilma Rudolph
• Year of birth missing
• Sports
• Olympic Games
• Winter Olympics

The Window to the Soul By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person with Dementia Date: March 7th, 2014 I have not had the pleasure to be in the same room as the Mona Lisa picture. But, I have enjoyed looking at this interesting pictur

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• GPS
• Gender-neutral pronoun

What a Wonderful World By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person with Dementia Date: June 10th, 2013 I have insomnia. I was sleeping for a bit, but then woke up. As I lay in bed, I began to think about the day I had. I know I have t

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• Meat
• Rabbit

What Do You Do? By: Mary Beth Wighton, Person with Dementia Date: June 5th, 2013 In a conversation with a person you have just met, it is common to ask the individual what she does for a living. I find this question to b

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