During the years when I was running myself ragged trying to juggle fulltime work and caregiving responsibilities, I was also commuting a couple of hours a day so I could live in the county where my frail, ailing mother lived in assisted living. I wanted to make sure I was available in case she had…
When friends and acquaintances ask me what I have been up to in the past few months, I tell them that I have been writing a book about dying and how to prepare for dying well. Even among the most supportive of the lot, there are some surprising responses. And the most surprising to me…
I don’t know exactly why! I am not a Debbie Downer type of person. In fact, I am quite the opposite, more of a happy-go-lucky type of person. Truthfully, even as I look upon my life over the past several years, I admit that I am a bit mystified as to how the topic of…
