There are two types of change – those changes thrust upon us and those that we make by choice – both can have either a positive or negative outcome. I have, as have you, no doubt, been faced with many mountainous, thrust-upon-me kind of life changes. Changes happened beyond my control. For example, overnight I […]

I know my title sounds a bit dismal, and, maybe even unappreciative. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is just hard for me to leave “home.” I am so content living in my beautiful Chicago, in my apartment in the sky, with my husband, Shelly, and my delicious pooch, Orchid. I am a homebody, […]

  A caregiver is a family member or paid helper who regularly looks after a sick, elderly or disabled parent. The realization that our parent needs outside care sends an unsettling feeling through every adult child’s heart and mind. We think to ourselves, “It’s not supposed to be this way; our parents are our caregivers, not the […]

This year’s Mother’s Day is going to be simply marvelous, darlings! It is hard to believe I will be sharing the day with my mother, both daughters, and several Grands! Four generations of family together. This rarely happens in our family because we don’t have the luxury of living miles apart… we live states apart! […]

When I was in my 20s, my girlfriend, Carolyn, dropped a little paperback book off at my home. It wasn’t my birthday; the gift was purely a gift of friendship. Little did either of us know that the book, “Gift from the Sea” by Anne Morrow Lindbergh would still be sitting on my nightstand! A […]