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Anticipating a Visit from the Elders

The elders, three of them, arrive in a few hours.  They include my 91 year old mother and her two friends from the UK, one 90 years old, the other 80.  As I approach 70 myself, I am struck by … Continue reading

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On Unintended Mentoring–From the Recipient’s Perspective

Reading the book, At Seventy: a Journal, by May Sarton (NY, W. W. Norton & Co., 1984), put into my mind the notion of mentoring.  Although as a young person—the time we imagine we most need mentoring—I got very little … Continue reading

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What ‘Eldercare’ Really Means

Moments of utter boredom as I wait for my pseudo-stepfather’s foot to make it—ever so slowly—from the side of his chair, past the table leg, to a position under the table; or walk at a snail’s pace, up the driveway … Continue reading

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