Perception is a funny thing. We all see things in our own unique way, and often we don’t even notice the difference in views, until it is too late.
Take yesterday for example. I had a late evening class to go to. My husband also had to go out at about the same time, to teach a Boy Scout class. When things like this happen, he and I divvy up the children, based on who can manage what.
Everything was organized to the minute, as large families have to do. Fast forward to afternoon, when I am getting ready to go. Oldest …read more

We get too much mail. The truth is, we get mail at both our home and in town at the post office box. The reason is simple. Mom can’t get to the PO daily, and she really likes her mail. I mean, REALLY likes it. From the influx of Harry and David, Health Products For You, AARP and other odd magazines, you would think that she had nothing but time on her hands to sit and shop.
It is interesting when she sees a problem and mentions how she saw a solution for it in one of her catalogs, or as …read more

This post at Nourishing Relationships had me at the line:
“When you are told by your secretary that a nurse is on the line, do you try to guess if it is the school or the nurse in the cardiac care unit?”
The article by Roberta Benor reprinted there, “Food for the Sandwich Generation: the Meanings Behind the Bread You Choose”, published in the Washington Post in 1992, looks at life between elderly parents and children and how you cope with it all:
Just as in a deli, when you are asked what kind of bread you would like for your sandwich, you …read more