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To My Nieces On Their Graduation
Dear Ronna and Mara: This period marks such a milestone to you and your family, with a high school graduation and a college graduation in the same year. For us parents, it is a time for quiet gratification that we … Continue reading
Posted in Celebration, Family, graduation, Letting Go, Life Stages, Parenting, Parents, Postaweek
Tagged Adolescence, college graduation, Family, graduation, high school graduation, letting go, Parenting, Postaday 2014, postaweek 2014
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When Is The Right Time To Be A Parent?
I chanced upon a post on the Stanford Alumni Daily Digest a few weeks ago by Vicky Keston. She called attention to a recent Huff Post article by Stacie Krajchir, founder of The See and Sprout Project, an international creative … Continue reading
Need To Overcome This
There are probably many reasons why I should curb my obsessive-compulsive tendencies. This is likely one of them. Ever since we convinced my mother to sell her house in Los Altos back in Summer 2012, she has stayed with me … Continue reading
Father the Cat
My Dad must have nine lives! He has survived many physical ordeals: Head injury in 1979 caused by a 25-foot fall and the resultant seizure disorder, multiple fractures, fractured skull and the accompanying bleed that has left him with difficulties … Continue reading
Posted in caregiver, Elderly Care, Moral Issues, Parents
Tagged Aging, Father, Health, Hippocratic Oath, Life Stages
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The Morality of Lies
I got a call today from a friend across the globe. She said she wanted to see how I was doing. Then she told me she had a recent argument with her mother. It turns out that her mother had … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Catholicism, God, Letting Go, Life Choices, Moral Issues, Parents, Religion
Tagged Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Religion, Religion and Spirituality
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Stories over Roast Duck Dinners
Our daughter decided to treat us to a dinner of roast duck in two courses last week. It was her gift to her father, who was to celebrate his birthday in a few days. It was supposed to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Child, Childhood Friends, Cuisine, Death, Family, Family Members, Food, Issues & Trends, Kids, Letting Go, Parents, Siblings
Tagged Childhood friend, death, Duck, Family, Food, Friends, Roast Duck
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So Broken
It was Mid-winter in Ottawa when I first laid eyes on Mannon (not her real name, of course). I was to be her attending resident for the next two months. We had divvied up the patients on the Adolescent Medicine … Continue reading
Posted in Anorexia Nervosa, Child, Doctors, Family, Family Members, Incest, Kids, Moral Issues, Parents, Pedofile, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation, Siblings, Sisters
Tagged Adolescence, Anorexia Nervosa, Family, Gold Labrador, Health, Incest, Kids, Mental Health, Ottawa, Sexual abuse
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Sunday Brunch
“You’re five minutes late!” my father said, as I reached over to kiss him on his forehead. He was sitting in the kitchen, on the breakfast table facing the glass doors looking out to our mother’s garden. The sunlight was … Continue reading
Posted in Elderly Care, Family, Family Time, Food, Life Stages, Nutrition, Parents, Sunday Brunch
Tagged Family, Fathers, frenchtoast, Palo Alto California, Parenting
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Waiting Room Stories
Last week, I was sitting in a half empty waiting room while my father was having his hearing tested. I had finished filling all the information and HIPAA forms when I glanced up and saw a pleasant-looking elderly gentleman smiling … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Child, Divorce, Doctor's Appointment, Doctors, Elderly Care, Family Members, Family Time, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Issues & Trends, Kids, Letting Go, Life Choices, Life Stages, Parenting, Parents, Travel
Tagged Aging, Culture, Doctor's Appointments, Doctors, Family, grand children, grandparents, Health, Hong Kong, Issues & Trends, Kids, letting go, Life Stages, Parenting, QiGong, Travel
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Business Talk, Family Talk
In as much as I have held this blog sacred from being invaded by our family business in any form or shape, I have had people visit my site and ask why there is no mention of the family business … Continue reading
Posted in Child, Family Business, Family Members, Family Time, Parents
Tagged Child, Family, Family Business, Family time, Life Stages, Mental Health, Parent, Parenting, Small business, Succession planning
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