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On Blessing My iPhone and Our 30th Anniversary Cruise

I'm baaaaccckkkk!! Hello! It's Sheila back on the blog today, after returning from our trip of a lifetime for our 30th anniversary and 50th birthday (both belated because of COVID). Many thanks to Rebecca and Connor for holding down the fort while we were gone! Tammy...

AGING PARENTS: Splitting Responsibilities with Siblings

What if aging parents need help, but only one child lives near them? This week I’ve been rerunning a series I did a few years ago about caring for aging parents. I originally started the conversation by accident, with a little bit of a rant on 3 things parents should...

AGING PARENTS SERIES: Setting Boundaries with Aging Parents

How do you set boundaries on how much help you can reasonably give to aging parents? This week I'm re-running a series I wrote a few years ago. We started  yesterday talking about how parents should really try to help their adult children who will be caring for them...

Parents: You Owe Your Adult Children a Life

If you need your adult children to eventually care for you, then that should factor into an equation NOW. I've been thinking about something for a while now that I'd like to just say. It's going to be a bit of a rant, and I may not sound very sympathetic. But I think...

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