Month: January 2018

Aging parents 102: Image of younger hand holding older hand wearing an emergency alert bracelet.
Family

Aging Parents 102: A Little Help Please (Make that, a lot)

The Inciting Incident One evening during July 2015, my guys and I returned from a parade downtown to find three messages on the answering machine. They all said the same thing: My mother had fallen at home and been transported to the hospital in her town, 45 minutes away. I packed a bag and drove

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Self-Care: Image of massage therapy
Personal Development

Self-Care 101 (AKA: What Have I Done for Me Lately?)

“What do you do in the way of self-care? As in, what makes you happy and keeps you sane?” Earlier this week, on a whim, I texted that message to oh, let’s say, 40 gal-pals. So many women responded. So many. I was surprised and yet, I wasn’t. A year or so ago, I surveyed

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