I have always loved music. If it’s got a beat, I’m usually up for it. I grew up on country western (my parents musical genre), 70’s rock and later 80’s metal. At the very end of the 80’s, I found the Grateful Dead. Music, as a whole, was what I was IN-TO. I was always ready to buy […]
Adulting is a Cop-Out: When Can Parents Retire from Parenting?
“Your kids will always be your kids”, they told us, “no matter how old they are.” And it’s true. You never, ever stop being a parent. In our late twenties we got an inkling of this idea, when the relationship my husband had with his dad became so important. He was the idea-bouncer, the one […]
A Day in the Life of a CNA
Certified Nursing Assistants, or CNAs, have a hard job. Physically, we lift, turn, assist, carry, bend, push, and pull all day long. Our patients may be ambulatory and need little or no help with moving around, or they may be completely dependent, quadriplegic, unable to help us move them in any way. Mentally, we are […]
My Name is Dawn and I Kill House Plants
About 18 years ago, give or take a few, my husband forbade me to keep any more house plants. My Mom always had plants. Lots of plants. She could make anything grow. From the bushy Ficus tree in the living room, to the split leaf philadendron draped over the curtain rod in the dining room, she just had […]
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