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I enjoy trips down memory lane as much as the next person. Looking through old photo albums and scrapbooks (yes,…
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I enjoy trips down memory lane as much as the next person. Looking through old photo albums and scrapbooks (yes,…
Continue ReadingAdvanced maternal age. Geriatric pregnancy. I think I heard those words first in nursing school at the age of 19.…
Continue ReadingI used to think 40 was so old. This thought wasn’t just limited to when I was a kid either—I…
Continue ReadingI have always been one of those people who want to do something: take a class in documentary filmmaking, make…
Continue ReadingGrowing up, my grandparents hosted birthday parties that involved all of my dad’s aunts and uncles gathering around the kitchen…
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Continue ReadingI call my sister for another update on Mom. Last week had been my week to help out. Our mother…
Continue ReadingI sometimes look and don’t recognize her. She is not who she once was, the woman in this picture. Not…
Continue ReadingI had a visit from my grandmother the other day. It wasn’t a regular sit on the porch with a…
Continue ReadingDear Menopause, I’m 51 years old and for the past few years, I’ve been dreading, resisting, and fighting you. Let’s…
Continue ReadingShe looked up at me from her seat at the table and her face lit up with joy. She made…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, You have made me a much better person lately but not in the usual ways. It was your…
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