Random Thoughts, the Tenth

Aha, my friends! Here we are, with Random Thoughts the Tenth and we are already in the eleventh month! I told you I wasn’t matching up the posts with the months on purpose. But I digress. How on earth did it get to be November? Where did my autumn go? A few weeks ago, even [...]

Across the Generational Divide

One of the obstacles that comes with having a large extended family is the need to keep everyone informed when something happens. After my grandmother’s stroke in August, I saw that we needed a way to keep everyone in the loop without having the same conversations ad naseum. So I suggested – and was given [...]

The Tough Stuff

Finances. Medical decisions. Funeral plans. None of these are particularly comfortable or easy topics to discuss, but they are among some of the most important. No one wants to think about the financial realities of life, even when we know we have to. Nor do we want to think about our deaths or the deaths [...]