Tag Archives: family
Parenting Advice
Don’t spoil them. I don’t buy them all the things they ask for. Haley’s earning money to buy a dollhouse with chores. So far, she’s got $7. I instill it in my kids everyday: Work Matters. Know when you use … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged active listening, advice, allowance, attentive, Authentic Self, character, children, connection, family, leadership, life, love, Parenthood, parenting, protector, responsibilities, self awareness, spoil, thought, thoughts
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Rely on Pets and Friends
This is a particularly bad time for me. I do not have any family. My husband died of dementia about 6 years ago. I am losing a close friend to cognitive issues and another to cancer. I am the cranky … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged aging, cancer, cognitive issues, family, friends, Grief, loneliness, pet owners, pets, support system
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Healing Family Wounds
Fifty years ago, our mothers’ bitter estrangement divided us daughters. But after I expressed sympathy over her mother’s death, my cousin mailed me a sprig of an aloe vera plant as a peace offering. Our shared great-grandmother had carried the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged aloe vera plant, connection, estrangement, family, Family Heirlooms, Grief, healing project, house plants, love, peace offering, plant cuttings, plants, siblings, sympathy
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Real Life of an MSW 