Tag Archives: family

End-of-Life Care

Posted on September 30, 2023 by msw blog

My 87-year-old mother and 93-year-old father are sharing a hospital room, as he nears the end of his life. My oldest sister (the only child living nearby) deals with everything. During our most recent text exchange, my sister first told … Continue reading →

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Walk of Love

Posted on September 28, 2023 by msw blog

I traveled from New York to Leiden to visit my mother who was ailing with advanced lung disease. On my first morning, groggy with jet lag, I found her at my bedside, holding my favorite biscuits. “How did you get … Continue reading →

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Poetry

Posted on September 17, 2023 by msw blog

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of … Continue reading →

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Balancing Life

Posted on September 14, 2023 by msw blog

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.” – … Continue reading →

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Possibilities

Posted on September 12, 2023 by msw blog

Dear God, please help me imagine the possibilities in my life. If I’m feeling called to change, help me be brave enough to design a new way forward for me, my family, and my country. Amen. Positively Purging-I welcome your … Continue reading →

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