Often I am asked by friends and family members when am I going to get a job, or sometimes they ask when I am going to get a "real job”. After much thought, I decided to look up the definition of the word J-O-B. In the Merriam-Webster online search, I found “job- noun – a …
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There’s A New Lady In Town
The Assisted Living home where my mother lives refers to their Memory Care floor as "Reminiscence". This a much more gentle label, in my opinion. "Memory Care" suggests requiring aid due to a deficit or a loss, which may have a negative connotation, but "Reminiscence" suggests recollections of events, significant people or times from the past, …
Happy New Year, Mom
"Are you going to visit your Mum today?" my fiance asked. Usually it is a question easily answered, although the reason for the answer is not always simple. Today the answer is "no...it is just too hard". Today is New Year's Eve, 2017. Another chapter in my life and the life of everyone else closes and …
Cary to Calcutta 