Family life has development life cycles and mine moved into a new life cycle these past few months. My dad, who functioned independently for 80+ years, suddenly wasn’t in that place anymore. It crept up slowly on all of us. Maybe it was more obvious to those of us on the outside, than my mother…[ Read the full article ]
A good friend of mine, whom I will call Susan, has found herself suddenly in the throes of being part of the Sandwich Generation. The Sandwich Generation includes those people who are sandwiched between aging parents who need assistance and their own children and grandchildren. Susan really had no warning that she was becoming a…[ Read the full article ]