This brings to mind other Christmas times that were “imperfect.” We, as a family, had several elders die near Christmas. So those years, we planned funerals and Christmas all at once. Other years brought other problems. Life doesn’t stop...

She was neatly dressed, as I’d expected. However when I walked up to her and took her hand, apologizing for it being cold from my snowy drive, she looked me in the eye. She clearly and bluntly agreed with me when I said my hand was cold, but her...

Why do elderly parents turn on the child that is trying so hard to take care of them? Most of us have seen evidence of people being harder on the people they love than they are on strangers or even people they don’t like.

You’re on the home stretch now, so it may be time to check in with yourself. Trying to decide how to best celebrate Christmas with your elders, your adult children,

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