This afternoon my mom called to tell me my grandmother isn't doing well. My grandmother and I are very very close, and it's been so hard to be so far away. She has alzheimer's. I called her on a Sunday afternoon a couple weeks ago, and she didn't know me. That was the hardest. But I called her back early the next morning, and she did know and told me she loves me. That was the last time I talked to her. I tried to call her yesterday, but she refused to get up and come to the phone. She has stopped eating or drinking and just sleeps all day. She has signed a DNR order. They don't expect her to last the week. I'm very depressed because there is no way I can go back east to be with her. Thankfully I went back last year while she was still alert and aware and spent time with her.
For dinner, I sliced up some purple sweet potatoes and tossed them with sea salt, garlic, and olive oil and put them in the oven. Then I mixed some artichoke hearts with lemon juice and dipped chicken strips in it before putting them in a baking dish. I sprinkled them with salt and garlic and then scooped out the artichoke hearts and put them over the chicken before putting that in the oven as well. Finally I cut up some broccoli and put it in a baking dish and sprinkled a tiny bit of the lemon juice over that as well before putting in the oven with the other. Once all three were baking (at 400f) I set the timer for 30 minutes. Everything got done at once and it all tasted great. I seem to be doing ok with the lemon juice so far.
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