Leaving The Door Open
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Miscellaneous Happy Moments
Good thoughts. Good updates. Good news. Instead of sharing a single story this week, several happy “moments” have been building; why not share those? I’ve thrown in a little inspiration, too. These recent moments have made my day; or week. P.S. I am borrowing author,…
- December
- Guest Posts
- Helping an Aging Parent
- Humor/Fun
- Informational
- Limited Edition
- Magazine-Style Features
- Memoir
- My Cancer Journey
- Podcasts
- Womens' Conversations
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Delta Developments
Ten days ago, I began to receive an unsettling drumbeat of emails from the senior residential community where my 91-year-old mother Ginny lives. August 28th:…
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Saving Lissa
Last week, I was digging through a stack of aging, faded newspaper articles I wrote as a free-lancer back in the late 1990’s, hoping to…
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Connecting to the Amish
I grew up less than an hour from Amish country. When I think about that, it’s hard to believe because I was full-on suburban girl,…
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Life Inside Memory Care
It has been almost a year since my mother Ginny turned 90 during the Covid lockdown. At the time, I remember telling her that as…
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