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Archive for July 2006

July 27th, 2006

Short film on the Sandwich

There is a wonderful short film on the Sandwich Generation at Media Storm. It’s about the same people in the MSNBC story a while back, but, it is beatifully done.

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July 21st, 2006

Just to let you know

My mother died peacefully early Thursday morning.

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July 13th, 2006

Moving day

Much to our surpirse, my mother was moved to the hospice residence today. I say “surprise” because it was just a couple of days ago that she asked them to start the admission process knowing that it would take a couple of weeks to get a bed. Only a bed became available yesterday and they […]

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July 6th, 2006

We’re somebody, now.

The term “Sandwich Generation” has made it into Merriam Webster (along with such destined to be classiscs as “unibrow” and “drama queen”.

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July 2nd, 2006

Happy 5oth to my parents!

Friday was my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. I wasn’t sure how that would go over with everyone, whether it would be something nice, or, something bittersweet or what.
My parents aren’t big travelers, however, a couple of years ago, my dad had been planning a cross country trip for them to commemorate the big day. My […]

By Elizabeth -- 11 comments