In the last nine months, we have been through cataclysmic changes. We have lost loved ones, jobs, and lifestyles to COVID-19. The social upheaval that demands an end to systemic racism has left many of us angry and fearful. Some had to face challenges to their fundamental beliefs. Others have developed only guarded hope about […]
Escape from the Prison of Silence Read More »
November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month as well as National Caregiver Month. This disease forces caregivers to endure what I call the “living grief” of losing loved ones to this devastating disease while they are still here. Alzheimer’s took my mother from me in little pieces over the ten years we walked together with this
When Alzheimer’s Makes Them Forget Who They Are, Let Love Remind Them Read More »
November is National Family Caregiver Month, celebrating the intrepid women and men who risk their health, finances, and relationships to give excellent eldercare. Research estimates the dollar value of caregivers’ efforts at $470 billion. Even so, they are unpaid and many put in a “second shift” before and/or after work. They are likely to live
Instead of Worrying About Election Results, Let’s Celebrate Family Caregivers Read More »
My niece, Maia, gave me a coffee mug, and both the cup and the box were covered with images of hummingbirds. She knows I love the hummingbird. It’s my totem animal. My partner and I never thought we would see any hummingbirds because we live on the 4th floor. We were lucky that several of
To Be Resilient in These Times, Adopt the Spirit of the Hummingbird Read More »
We want to help. We think we should help. Sometimes “helping” is enabling and when it is, we have to say “No.” This is especially hard when the person who asks is an adult child or another beloved relative. We want to protect them (even from their own decisions) and that wish pulls on one
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I see bubbles as packages of hope. They also hold love, joy, aspirations, and possibilities. Bubbles are beautiful, translucent, and iridescent. They are light and float up in the wind. They are also fragile. In these times, we face irrevocable changes in what we thought we knew, how we expected our lives to work, and
Got COVID-19 Blues? Protect the Bubbles in Your Heart. Read More »
“Don’t Hate. Decorate!” is a quote from my stress partner, Sister Iris Ade, and it’s one of the affirmations in my book Dear Lauren, Love Mom: 31 Days of Affirmations for My Daughter, for Myself, and for YOU. We all found extra pounds in six months of lockdown as we sat in front of computers,
Did You Gain the COVID-15? Don’t Hate. DECORATE!! Trust the professionals. Read More »
The first affirmation in my new book, Dear Lauren, Love Mom: 31 Days of Affirmations for My Daughter, For Myself, and for YOU is” I Am Worth It, Just As I Am.” Another is “I Will Be Kind to Myself.” Give yourself the gifts of exercise and rest
Survive? Uh-uh! We’re Thriving through COVID with my new book Dear Lauren, Love Mom Read More »
Another message from my new book, Dear Lauren, Love Mom: 31 Days of Affirmations for My Daughter, for Myself, and for YOU is about the value of friends. It’s a quote from my fiction alter ego, Tería Robens, “Friends are in the best position to give you a good kick in the butt because they
Fight the COVID Isolation. Go on! Try Something New Read More »
Dress well, smell good, and take care of your skin, hair, and nails. When you look better, you feel better. In one of the affirmations in my new book, Dear Lauren, Love Mom: 31 Days of Affirmations for My Daughter, for Myself, and for YOU (available on Amazon.com), my friend, Sister Iris Ade says, “Don’t
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