By Angela Williams Glenn Midlife Is the Heartbreak You Never Saw Coming
I stood in the airport. Outside the window was the plane that would take me home—a place and a scene…
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The Sandwich Generation Needs Support Too
Caregiver. Nurse. Custodian. Mother. Parent. Daughter. Son. Rinse, lather, repeat. If you had told me 10 years ago (heck, even…
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By Her View From Home ‘The Golden Bachelor’ is Happening and We Have ALL the Questions
As a card-carrying member of the Oregon Trail generation, there are certain things that automatically date me. Of course, there's…
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By Kelley Friedland One Day I’ll Wish I Could Hear Their Voices Again, So I’m Saving Messages From My Parents
I have about 40 or more saved voicemail messages in my phone from my mom and dad, (mostly my mom…
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By Alana Smith I Am Two Moms: One To My Children and One To My Aging Mother
I have two young boys, ages seven and two. I am their momma. My own mother is not well, and…
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By Carolyn Moore We Lost Another Piece of Our Childhood When Bob Saget Died
As a kid, time seemed infinite. We were always waiting for it to pass. To get a little bit taller…
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By Kerstin Lindquist 6 Coping Strategies For the Extra-Stressed Sandwich Generation
While the nation discusses what will become of the children this fall, others wonder what will become of their grandparents.…
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By Brittany Heaward If Your Kids and Your Parents Depend On You, You Might Be in the Sandwich Generation
I see you, I do. Trying to balance everything on those shoulders. You carry it so well. No one would…
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