Doris Plaster is one of those angels who works at a nursing home, loving and caring for elders and listening to the voices so many others have forgotten about. I loved her book, Home Sweet Nursing Home, of sweet short-short stories (flash nonfiction) based on real people she attended to as a social worker. I have the honor of being featured on her blog this week, with a short-short story I wrote about my mother in keeping with the style of posts Doris writes for Hold My Hand: A Social Worker’s Blog. Stop by and read A String of Pearls.
Home Sweet Nursing Home is available on Amazon and on Barnes & Noble online.
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As always with your haiku about dementia, your short story was rich and poignant. I felt the ache and love in your heart for your mother. Simply beautiful.
Thank you, Jan. Yes, the heart aches with a mix of pain and love, and so those beautiful moments amid tragedy shine as bright as stars.