It was the Victorians who covered the piano legs and drew a heavy curtain over what a lady got up to in her boudoir. Laurie Graham boudoircovercurtain Change image and share on social
My husband is stricken with dementia, and it's a trick of his condition that events and people from his past are more real to him than what happened five minutes ago. Laurie Graham agoconditiondementia Change image and share on social
Once, every woman owned a small mirrored compact, and it was considered normal - sophisticated even - to flip it open to discreetly check for things like nose-glow or lipstick smudge. Laurie Graham checkcompactconsider Change image and share on social
The terror dementia sufferers must feel is unimaginable, but the techniques they use to hide their difficulties - the ducking and diving and keeping the world laughing - are perfectly understandable. Laurie Graham dementiadifficultydive Change image and share on social
I'd like to see my grandchildren climb trees, not stand under them. I'd like to see them learn to make bread and brown it over a fire using my toasting fork. Laurie Graham breadbrownclimb Change image and share on social
Far more than dreading ending up in a care home myself, I dread having to put my husband in one. Laurie Graham caredreadend Change image and share on social