October 17th, 2024

Caregiving 101: What Young Boomers and Gen X Have In Common

I have had a challenging couple of years. I turned 65 this year and my husband will be 70. We thought at this time in our life, the difficult family stuff would be over. But we are finding out what many young Boomers and Gen X behind us are learning. Many of our old parents did well, lived long but

September 17th, 2024

A Changed Perspective

I’ve been out of town for the last 10 days and am back in the saddle now. I wanted to share this. My dad was a regular guy who signed up to serve his country in WWII. Frank Mitchell was older than most of his unit, the 107th Reconnaissance, Essex Troop, B Company—I’m sure I’m getting that order wrong, so

August 17th, 2024

What? How Do We Get Through the Next 3 Months

  I was asked a question on Fox 5 Atlanta’s “The Georgia Gang” that surprised me. It was whether I was worried if the election was close, would either side accept it. My answer was that we’ve had 10 years of political news in the last few weeks, and I don’t think anyone can say what’s going to happen in