Reflections
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What do old people die from?
Ella passed away last week at age 84. I have cared for her since she was admitted to the nursing home 2 years ago. Her granddaughter called me wanting to know the…
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Jason didn’t visit his father
Jason’s parents thought they were nearly done raising children when he came along. They were 41 and surprised but thankful for him. They were older than his contemporaries’ parents and felt like…
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Caring for Mother: You never complain
Blanche carefully pulled the freshly washed sheet up over her mother. Cornelia was just a teeny wisp of an old lady now bedbound with her arthritic arms and legs contracted into a…
