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Tips for Keeping Peace in the Family at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is here– complete with exaggerated media images of how the day should be – and you may be trying to conform to unrealistic ideals. As a member of the sandwichgeneration with extra demands on your time and added responsibilities, are you on emotional overload? If so, just remind yourself that nothing’s perfect. Following these common sense strategies will help you create a calmer holiday for you and your family: 1. Realize that anticipatory anxiety is common. Financial burdens and extra chores when entertaining family can make you feel apprehensive … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, club sandwich generation, family, gratitude, Huffington Post, ideals, media, sibling rivalry, thanksgiving
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Worldwide, every year over 1 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common one facing American women today. The likelihood is that 1 in 8 women in America will cope with this disease during her lifetime. In October, designated as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women are especially focused on early detection and improving the management of breast cancer, should it be diagnosed. With mammography, MRI and physical exams leading to early detection, most breast cancers can be successfully treated today. … Continue reading
Sleep-away Camp: Ambivalence for the Kids and You
My first memories are of Girl Guide camp in Canada, where we slept in tents and cooked our meals over an open fire. After many experiences at camp, I met my husband when we were both counselors in the mountains of North Carolina. And camp has been a family tradition ever since. What about you? Just as you’re settling into the lazy days of summer, are you shifting gears to get the kids ready for sleep-away camp? If this is a first, there may be ambivalent feelings all around. In … Continue reading
Grandmothers Hold On and Let Go
Over spring break, I had a chance to think about the eternal balance for grandmothers as well as mothers – between holding on and letting go. I recognized the dilemma as we took our visiting grandsons to an amusement park that offered trapeze lessons. I watched each of them climb up the tall ladder, perch on the small landing, reach for the bar of the trapeze and then leap out into the air, swinging freely on the trapeze. After a few swings, each one raised his legs up, hooked them … Continue reading
Posted in extended family, parenting kids, your self
Tagged anxiety, courage and lessons learned, fear, grandkids, grandmother, grandson, holding on, letting go, pride, trapeze
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