When I brought up the subject of end of life wishes with my Mother she informed me that the most important thing in the world to her is that she never be forced to wear dentures. That’s what she said….
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Most people would prefer not to have uninvited house guests when having pre-planned a special dinner or other detail-specific event. However, the more friends and family a person has, the more likely that person will encounter and eventually have to…
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Luckily, I have stepped into a few cross-cultural events. I advise anyone to find out how to dress appropriately if they have been invited, but if you find yourself stepping into a cross cultural event as a passerby invitation, accept…
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When caring for someone with dementia, it is hard to distinguish between the “real” them and the disease. When my dad “saw” potato chips walking down the hall of the hospital, we knew it was the disease. When my grandfather…
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When you invite someone, whom you know to be an animal lover, to your home for a visit, and you do not specify your personal pet policy, there is a chance they may just show up with their pet in…
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Everyone grew up hopefully loving and respecting our parents. Similarly we all love our children. But these are totally different emotional environments. However, due to the aging of population and medical advances, these two situations are converging in more and more…
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It just seems like yesterday when your children where small toddlers romping around the home. Today, you wake up only to see a woman with gray hair, wrinkles and the home silent as it has never been before. Empty nest…
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You feel like you’re backed into a corner. The rent is past due. There’s no food in the frig. Your car is about out of gas. The cable was cut off months ago and there’s talk of another round of…
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When an invitation is extended to a relative or friend to visit, the prospective guest has no right to assume this invitation automatically includes Fido or Puff. Because pets so quickly become members of the family, it is difficult for…
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“All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139:16) As a loved one nears the final chapter of life, what becomes most meaningful? FAITH Is this life really all…
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As people age it can be a shock to their system to have to come to terms with the fact that they need help to perform tasks they used to find simple. To give up their independence, and learn to…
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Coping with the death of a loved one? So how do you go about doing this? This is a question that i have asking myself for quite some time now, well, at a guess i would say about five years….
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Parents age. As people age, so do their parents. It happens without warning while you are growing up and starting your own family. People tend to just assume that the parent and child relationship will never change. Often the parents…
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When one opens the front door to welcome an invited guest and finds they’ve brought their pet(s) along; a sticky problem has arisen. The degree of stickiness depends on how long the guest is going to stay! If Aunt Susie…
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A big smile and hello when someone in the family enters the room especially to your mate. Taking interest in what the others like to do, and offering help, if it’s refused that’s okay we all need some time to…
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The moment we are born we have arrived in a world which works by way of providing a stimulus and getting response for it. Through out our life we learn to respond to the things said to us, acts meted…
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