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Dan Taylor

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posted 12/17/2007, comments (0)

Ten Christmas Questions for Mom and Dad

Christmas is a fairly binary experience for most families: it works or it doesn't work. Part of not working is the absence of connection and communication. Most of working is the abundance of those two things. Below are some questions to get the connection between you and mom and dad going when the last piece of pie has been eaten and nap time... Read more Chevron

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Suzanne Mintz

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The Holidays – Happy Times or Just More Stress

Everyone I know, whether they are a family caregiver or not, approaches the holidays with a mixture of anticipation and dread. The anticipation part is filled with memories of childhood, going to grandma's for Thanksgiving holiday dinner and jumping in the leaf pile, or eating her special stuffing and apple pie. Christmas conjures up images of... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/02/2007, comments (0)

Living With Quiggles: Up Close and Personal

Stigma:1) the recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) a consequent devaluation of the person Quiggles:A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and differences of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident, or illness which... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/02/2007, comments (2)

The New Work Force-Seniors and Their Contributions

What do you get when you combine years of wisdom and experience on the job with technology capable of transporting that wisdom and experience anywhere and anytime in HD sound and video plus a shrinking workforce? You get the Seniors Full Employment Act of the 21st Century. Here's how I think it's going to work. Unless you just arrived... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/26/2007, comments (0)

DYING BROTHER

September 2006, my 46 year old brother was diagnosed with Colon Cancer. He took aggressive chemo for 6 months and thought it had worked. September 2007, his CEA went back up. They did a cat scan and found the cancer had spread. They gave him 6 months to live from October. He has started having troubles with pain, his bowels, now his blood pressure... Read more Chevron

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