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Monica Vest Wheeler

Monica Vest Wheeler

Seeking perfection? Don’t look at me!

I didn’t answer the call because I didn’t recognize the phone number. If it’s important or a real person who needs to connect with me…

4 min readMar 24, 2024

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Seeking perfection? Don’t look at me!

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Monica Vest Wheeler

We can only promise to keep our loved ones safe until their final breath

This is a note I sent several years ago to a dear friend who witnessed the cruel decline of her mother to Alzheimer’s … with a timeless…

4 min readMar 15, 2024

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We can only promise to keep our loved ones safe until their final breath

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Monica Vest Wheeler

Will I become the woman my mom always wished she could have been?

Dear little Monica,

2 min readMar 11, 2024

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Will I become the woman my mom always wished she could have been?

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Monica Vest Wheeler

Taking responsibility for our excuses with photographic proof

Ever try to explain why you do what you do … something carried over from your childhood … and you wish you had “proof” to illustrate your…

4 min readMar 7, 2024

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Taking responsibility for our excuses with photographic proof

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Monica Vest Wheeler

Life is a beach, or so I learned from a dear friend of mine

A mere 24 years ago …

6 min readFeb 12, 2024

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Life is a beach, or so I learned from a dear friend of mine

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Monica Vest Wheeler

The cruelty of Alzheimer’s: “It’s tough not knowing how fast it’s going to go”

A memory from 11 years ago is as vivid as the day it all happened …

5 min readFeb 11, 2024

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The cruelty of Alzheimer’s: “It’s tough not knowing how fast it’s going to go”

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Monica Vest Wheeler

Mothers and daughters: Chapter 1,042,099

Aren’t some of the best finds in life when you’re searching for something else … then you forget the subject of your original hunt?

3 min readJan 20, 2024

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Mothers and daughters: Chapter 1,042,099

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Monica Vest Wheeler

Even on your lowest day, someone else has a rougher ride in life

A dear friend recently lost her dad, then her mom, within less than three weeks of each other. That’s so heartbreaking … you search for…

2 min readDec 27, 2023

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Even on your lowest day, someone else has a rougher ride in life

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Monica Vest Wheeler

Hey! Shut up so you can hear me say “I love you!”

It’s not often I think about Shakespeare at midnight, but he did have some valid insight, like that line from “As You Like It …”

2 min readDec 18, 2023

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Hey! Shut up so you can hear me say “I love you!”

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Monica Vest Wheeler

This love of photos doesn’t byte

Ten years ago I sat in my new home office trying to sort the million computer files I had collected in my byte life, including 9 years of…

4 min readDec 12, 2023

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This love of photos doesn’t byte

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Monica Vest Wheeler

Monica Vest Wheeler

Monica Vest Wheeler does heavy lifting on the emotional and everyday challenges of surviving life … with humor, empathy and facts … hint hint hint ….

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