Are we right to worry now about dementia in the future?
Midlife Mother Musings
In the new year, we allow ourselves greater latitude in contemplation, in resetting direction, in capitalizing on the sense of a clean slate to start fresh. This is a time for finding the courage to look at ourselves and our families with a clear eye. I am pondering what it means to be an older […]
First Holiday With Blended Families?
The holidays are here! Are you in a new relationship? Are you mixing your children with your partner’s children for the first time in a large gathering, and possibly parents and siblings as well? For new couples, the first occasion to spend the holidays together is an opportunity to create memories – special moments of […]
Sometimes, You Give In
I am dreaming of Hillary Rodham Clinton and the face I see is the one I remember with clarity: she is bright and youthful, her hair pulled back and secured by a head band, her earnest expression we come to know at the beginning of her husband’s first presidential campaign. And in the dream I […]
He Says, She Says: Why Men and Women Communicate Differently
I was watching her face intently as she asked questions. I listened as he offered responses in a kind and measured fashion. She was expressing emotions. Her feelings were revealed in words, in the tilt of her head downward, and the sadness in her eyes. He is her son; they share a long history and […]
More on the Mystery of Huguette Clark
The plot thickens, in a mystery of monumental proportions.