Gone Girl – that’s me. I’ve been absent from this blog for many, many months, joining the ranks of languishing…
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So This is Christmas
So this is Christmas…baby Sweet Cheeks, in all her red-headed glory, stares in awe at the sight of her first…
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Open Hands
So the Google bots can read what is written on my beautiful sunrise photo above, I’m repeating it below: Everything…
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You Be Bitches
“You be bitches,” I say softly, my voice cracking from my roiling emotions. Tears well up in my eyes as…
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The Train
At birth, we boarded the train and met our parents and we believe they will always travel on our side….
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The Fairest Blossom
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” – Henry Ward Beecher I am grateful for many things….
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The Best of the Rest of Your Life
My parents, circa 1950 The Best of the Rest of Your Life…that’s what I want for my elders. I’ve just…
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Senior Advocacy: What Adult Children Can Do to Help Their Aging Parents
With much “practice” in the elder care world over the last few years, I’ve often had to intercede on…
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Eldercare’s Blackhole
In my earlier post, 2 Girls with an Idea, I mentioned that Tiffany and I originally started out trying to…
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The Gift
Recently, a nice elderly man told my parents that I was a “gift.” The three of us (me, Mom…
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All Roads Lead Home
“At Christmas, all roads lead home.” – Marjorie Holmes This is a view from the window of my…
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Advance Directive and the Elderly: Both Sides of Clouds
Creating an advance directive aka living will is something most of us put off until later in life. My parents created…
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