Posts by Robin Bond
Scenes from a Waiting Room:
I want more friends, but I can’t find my people. Quick background: My husband Ron has metastatic prostate cancer. This moment is happening while he waits in a temporary “holding cell “off some hallway near the emergency room—till they find him a hospital room and admit him, once again. It’s amazing what we go through…
Read MoreIn My Blood: What Makes Us Who We Are?
I’m obsessed with the nature vs. nurture debate. What makes us who we are? The nature part is easy: Mom’s green eyes, check. Dad’s high forehead, check. But how deep into the family tree does nature go? Is it nature or nurture when our kin leave indelible marks that get under our skin and inform…
Read MoreMom’s Last Laugh
I will always remember the last time Mom laughed. It was January 2023, just weeks before we lost her to Alzheimer’s. From the start, Mom had all the textbook symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. I was visiting her and Dad at their South Carolina lake house on Mother’s Day weekend in 2018 when Mom told me…
Read MoreConfessions of a Chronophobic: I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
I have chronophobia, which is the fear of time passing too quickly. Is this rational, you ask? No (I answer). The Cleveland Clinic defines chronophobia as the fear of time passing. It can cause “severe anxiety, feelings of dread, obsessive behaviors and depression. People who are elderly, ill or imprisoned are more likely to develop…
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