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“It Takes a Village”

Posted on 8 July 2018 by Carol

That phrase, “It takes a village” usually refers to the value of having a cohesive and extended group to raise children in a benign fashion.  However, of late, I have been realizing that this is equally true of the task … Continue reading →

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What ‘Eldercare’ Really Means

Posted on 4 July 2012 by Carol

Moments of utter boredom as I wait for my pseudo-stepfather’s foot to make it—ever so slowly—from the side of his chair, past the table leg, to a position under the table; or walk at a snail’s pace, up the driveway … Continue reading →

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An Ongoing Saga – this time, dementia

Posted on 8 April 2012 by Carol

A year or so after my father died in 1994, my mother took up with a man whose wife had been her bosom pal prior to her death not long after my father’s.  My mother and her partner have been … Continue reading →

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