If you want your aging parents to think about you daily, the best way to do this is by giving them a memorable gift. However, as they get older and receive new gifts each year, it becomes more challenging to give them something they don’t already ...
Aging parents
Missing my Mother-in-Law: Grandma Rose’s Scraps
My in-laws were sure special. Through all of life's storms, they were solid. Solid in their faith. Unwavering. Solid in their marriage. Something like 65 years. Solid in their lifestyle of always seeking to bless others, in small ways ...
Home Based Eldercare with Marcia Washburn
Life flows. The kids grow, we all get older. Like ourselves and our kids, our parents are aging as well. Some of us raise kids while caring for elderly parents, the so-called sandwich years because we are sandwiched between the needs of both ...
Life and death and everything between
So this weekend we are headed out east for yet another funeral. My husband’s side of the family has had many of them the past years. Some would be seen as tragic, some would be seen as blessed relief from extreme suffering. They are ...
Hitherto
My father-in-law died this week, a little more than a year since my mother-in-law passed. The year without his beloved Rose Marie was torture for him. He spoke of her often and of his desire to be united with her. He left peacefully on a Tuesday ...