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Carol in Your Corner: A Caregiver’s Story

June 18, 2015

Wendy’s grandparents – he was a professor at McGill University – always had students living with them. One of ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Not Just Golf

June 14, 2013

  I’m a Boomer, born at the height of the Baby Boom and looking at my 60s. Bill Clinton got there first, and ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Working Stiff

May 2, 2013

Editor’s Note: You might be familiar with this contributor’s work if you were a fan of  the Caregiver’s Diary ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: What’s Up, Doc?

April 15, 2013

Editor’s Note: You might be familiar with this contributor’s work if you were a fan of  the Caregiver’s Diary ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Coming Of Age

April 3, 2013

Editor's Note: You might be familiar with this contributor's work if you were a fan of  the Caregiver's Diary ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Lessons Learned II

March 8, 2013

This Caregiver's Diary entry was written by my wife My husband summed up his thoughts in the last Caregiver’s Diary ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Lessons Learned

February 22, 2013

I have been chronicling the deaths of my mother, my father-in-law and my father for the last 2 years. I have learned ...

Caregiver’s Diary: The Good Memories

February 8, 2013

Stories and memories of my widowed 89-year-old father started pouring in by e-mail and phone the day after he died, ...

Caregiver’s Diary: A Very Difficult Conversation

December 20, 2012

An e-mail from youngest sister late at night to youngest brother and me. Our 89 year old widowed father had fallen ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Patience

December 7, 2012

I’m not my 89 year old widowed father’s caregiver, I’m just an occasional visitor, and a voice at the end of ...