A Sandwich Generation Moment from our dear friend, Sista Smiff:
The GK has to get home and doesn’t want to sleep on your couch because she has two boys at home alone, plus, she’s just plain wo’ out, but, she doesn’t mind at all seeing that you’re ok because you are her mother.
Many of us have […]
The Florida Area Agency on Aging Pasco and Pinellas counties has some excellent information on caregiving.
According to the article, caregiving is divided into four stages:
Stage One: Getting Started
Recognize the impact of caregiving on your life and family, learn how to be a caregiver, and find out more about the older person who needs care.
Stage […]
It’s nearly the end of another year, and, I hope everyone has enjoyed the holidays.
Many of you seem to have found this site lately by searching for “first Christmas without my mother”. Please know that I’m sorry.
I’ve been there, and, I wish you peace and happiness and please know that things do get better.
As we […]
You guys have supported me the past couple of years, and, now I’m asking for your help again.
A friend of a friend has just started a site, and, he loves having visitors.
He’s also got cancer, and, he hasn’t been feeling well lately.
Won’t you go visit StewMan, he’s a science kind of guy and he […]
Has the traditional role of the grandparent gone by the wayside?
An interesting article on Human Events.com makes the case for reviving the role of grandparents.
The author compares the traditional grandparent to that of an advisor or a Board of Directors, someone who provide direction and counsel rather than manage day to day activities.
It goes on […]
My dad’s neighbor, a man about my age with a young family, invited him to go out to dinner last night.
I was touched by the sentiment since they haven’t been neighbors for very long, but, one part of their “bond” is that they went to the same high school.
My dad is an active alumnus, and, […]
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, or, at least some restful time off from the daily grind.
Christmas went well at our house.
My MIL came to town from about 2 hours away. One BIL was supposed to come with her, but, he got called into work at the last minute.
It was kind of a […]
Be sure to check out this month’s Life in the Sandwich column by Susan Ito at Literary Mama.
It’ll have you crying, and, laughing out of your…nevermind, just go read it!
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This may not be as funny to you as it is to me, but, my father the interior decorator is at it again.
If you’re new here, my mother died last year, and, my dad lives alone.
He’s a Marine and a man of few words, but, when the word do come, they have been hilarious (to […]
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