We’ve officially done death both ways now: the sudden, unexpected passing (ie…the keel over) and the long goodbye (ie…dementia sucks). We certainly didn’t mean to do both in such close proximity on the calendar, but I suppose the timing offers a great opportunity to compare the two. My conclusion? I’d prefer something in the middle … Continue reading An Odd Comparison
Category: Thoughts on Aging
A Revisit: My Father. Oh, How He Has Risen.
It's not that I've given up writing, but I'm definitely riding the struggle bus. I know this is normal. I've just suffered a loss - a loss that I've been dreading for most of my life but also have longed for in the last year. That's okay, right? To long for an end to my … Continue reading A Revisit: My Father. Oh, How He Has Risen.
Sandwiched and Saying Goodbye
The Sandwich Generation. The joy of preparing our son for his next station in life collided with the devastation of preparing my mother for hers.
Moving Treasures & Murphy’s Law
We have just completed our 9787th hour at my mother-in-law's house, packing up endless treasures for new owners. Our most influential helper? Murphy's Law.
Wrapping Up Someone’s Life
Wrapping up someone’s life is one of the strangest things I’ve ever done and no one has made it stranger than the cable company.
The Accidental Joiner
Have you ever accidentally signed up for something? Has it ever turned out to be exactly what you needed? How I landed exactly where I was supposed to be.
Mary Lou & The 30 Surgeries.
At the end of last year when it was announced that Mary Lou Retton was in the fight of her life, one of the side notes was that she’d had some thirty surgeries to repair a long list of injuries spawned by her gymnastics era. Gymnasts everywhere thought, "Oh, yes, that makes sense."
When Doing Nothing is Everything.
I swear, I’m not trying to brag, but I did just wrap up my second trip to Walt Disney World in less than a month and, well, actually, yes. I am bragging. But I’m not bragging about my ability to jet set in this new life as a travel planner/writer/founder-of-life-outside-corporate-walls (though that is all very … Continue reading When Doing Nothing is Everything.
Birthday Paperwork: A MUST for baby adults.
We are about to sit with our newly minted adult child and fill out a whole bunch of essential paperwork. If you have baby adults, this is a MUST DO.
Adult Hobbies (not that kind)
I remember it like it was yesterday, sitting in a therapist’s office in silence for a perceived eternity as I flew through my mental file cabinet trying to answer her simple question. Why can’t I answer this??? It should have been a simple question, anyway. For most people, it probably was a very simple question. … Continue reading Adult Hobbies (not that kind)