Navigating the caregiver role at a distance, Fuchs progresses over the final ten years of her mother's life from hiring part-time and then full-time caregivers, then moving "Lil" into assisted living and finally a nursing home. She had not been a good mother. Carolyn See wrote in her ...
Here’s a sample of what he can do (Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN), with no one else in the recording studio playing any instruments. Below are the wonderful and encouraging lyrics. True Believers The true believers stand on every word You sayThe true believers made ...
This little rock was resting on a bench at the top of St. Joseph’s Hill in Los Gatos, CA. My siblings and I climbed the hill together to mark the anniversary of our mother’s death. She donated to the Mid-Peninsula Open Space District that protects this land. I loved finding this ...
Give fabric markers and white or light-colored plain pillowcases (well-worn ones from thrift stores are perfect for this) to decorate one’s dreams with drawings, quotes, or wishes. Take a road trip, maybe aiming to seeoddball attractionsin your state. Give some beanbags andlearn to juggle...
” A relatively new document, the POLST is a way to translate a living will or an oral advance directive into physician's orders that must be followed by emergency personnel and health care providers. The POLST may state a patient's preferences for, against, and about CPR, medical ...
Instead, hit the must-sees – the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art – and then explore off the beaten path with visits to The Cloisters or one of the city’s libraries. Indulge in the bohemian shops of the West Village or the ...
The state of deterioration seen in interpersonal and marriage relationships the world over is testament to such activity. People everywhere are becoming more and more angry and less tolerant of one another, hypocritically, in the name of “tolerance”. Go figure. True light comes from the word ...
“What we did emphasise,” Bradley explained, “was the old fashioned nature and how he is from the 60s. He goes into the Twelfth Doctor’s Tardis and says ‘it’s a bit dusty around here, it’s in an awful state isn’t it? Where’s Polly? Shouldn’t she give it a spring clean...
Death often takes us unaware, even when there has been an illness. And in a state of confusion, grief, and fatigue we are expected to attend to practical details, one of which may be encouraging the local paper to write an obituary (the essay-like story about the deceased written by a...