A ‘Healing’ and Comforting Chicken Soup

Illness hit our house before the Thanksgiving holiday this year. After a few days of moaning and groaning, our eldest spiked a fever and tested positive for Influenza A. Let me just take a minute here to brag on this 13 year old man child – the second his throat started bothering him, he started […]

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Practicing Gratitude is my Caregiver Bliss  

It’s true what “they” say – that for some, it takes a life-altering experience to connect with our sense of gratitude. Being thankful is surface-level appreciation. That’s not what I’m talking about.   I’m talking about the feeling of fervent appreciation for your still living parents, after attending the funeral of a friend’s mom or […]

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