Decisions..Elder Caregiving and Other Life Dilemmas
There are times when doing the right thing is actually easier than figuring out the right thing to do. In life we are faced with dilemmas and choices for which there are sometimes no easy or...
View ArticleThinking, Learning, Laughing, Crying: Reflections Continued
PART TWO, FOR MY FRIEND, RUTHIE Ruthie’s Collage Click Here (Ruth, I hope you will enjoy this and the memories represented.) Don’t forget you can enlarge this to see it more easily. This post...
View ArticleWhat Really Matters In Life?
These flowers have nothing to do with following post. I needed a little shot of springtime to brighten up a cold and snowy day! (photos by Art Fuller) I am sure we...
View ArticleLosing Mama or Papa Again and Again
Images of Aging, Agency on Aging Losing a mother or father is a pivotal and life-changing event in most people’s lives. When we lose a parent as a child it shapes our development in a...
View ArticleWe Remember Moments–Musings Just After A Milestone Birthday
“We do not remember days. We remember moments.” -Cesare Pavese “I have realized that the past and future are really illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is, and all there...
View ArticleA Sacred Time For Old Grief and Good Memories
Kim Abbot (Frank Kimball, Jr) -Oct 1, 1943 –March 12, 1982 Today is the 30th anniversary of my first husband’s death in a horrible fire. Some of you already know our story, but others don’t. He...
View ArticleCoach Iris Comments on Saturday Morning Cartoons and Also Life With Kids...
Iris Arenson-Fuller:Coach Iris says: (Sorry I could not get this to form new paragraphs, regardless of what I tried, but hope you will read it.) This was interesting to me. I remember Saturday...
View ArticleWhat Not to Say When Someone’s Relative Is Going Into Long Term Care
Public Domain-Images of Aging by Administratino on Aging (AOA) I haven’t accumulated a lot of material riches in my life. One area, though, where there have been substantial deposits into my account,...
View ArticleI Never Fed Them Twinkies, So Am I A Bad Mom?
What makes you feel like a good parent? Sometimes I am not so sure, myself. I think it changes, depending on the life stage in which you find yourself, and with the ages of your children. When my kids...
View ArticleWhat Do You Do On A Dead Brother’s Birthday?
For “Bruller Raymie”-Feb 8, 1932-Oct 26, 1977 Now that they’ve all gone off and left me swimming around in a tankful of life that sometimes seems to have more craggy rocks to stab an unwatchful eye or...
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