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Navigating the eldercare world is a long unfamiliar road; twists and turns face you when you least expect it. And, per my post called Murphy’s Law, you are never prepared. Yesterday was one of those days. I received a call at 3:30 in the afternoon from the assisted living facility were my parents reside. They had called the paramedics and were sending…
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I have two sisters. We are not Swedish. Each of us has our own version of Swedish Pancakes. I got my version from my mother’s very old Better Homes and Gardens “New” Cookbook© (it’s at least 50+ years old). My mother didn’t really like to cook. But, she had this cookbook (her only cookbook) and I used to love to…
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About 10 years ago I got LASIK done and it was the most wonderful thing! I went from basically seeing the world in an old tube-type television resolution to everything in HD – I could see, I could see! Yeah! It was so wonderful – worth every single penny that my parents split with me when I was in my…
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32 years ago, Tiffany was born. She was my first niece (or nephew) and my parents’ first grandchild. It goes without saying that everyone in our family was over-the-moon. Other than holding her for the first time, my clearest memory of that day is when I was finally allowed into the recovery room to see my sister, her mother, for the…
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Seriously!!!! I mean really?!?!? Is there any chance what-so-ever that I can possibly get ONE FREAKIN DAY, just one, to myself? I just want to be ‘Tiffany’ for 24 whole hours (does she still exist?), where I am not needed by a child, husband, pug, cat and just BE? What does that mean though?? To me, when I dream of this…
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I got my first email the other day announcing Halloween! Did this retailer miss that it is only the first week of August? Talk about “rushing” the holiday rush! Then, in the mail yesterday, I got a retail catalog and on their back inside cover page was Santa Claus and holiday stockings! Arrgh! It is 98 degrees today. On what…
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