Bit of Dad remains in everyday moments
Sunday, June 21, 2009
It’s the second Father’s Day without my old man. As expected, the pain has diminished a bit since last year. Or maybe it’s just a different kind of pain.
Could you go home again?
Monday, June 15, 2009
I heard it not once, but twice, at my grade school reunion recently - stories of people moving back into the old neighborhood AND into their parents' old homes. Could you do it?
Cell phone for Grandma
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
When my 91-year-old mother-in-law stopped driving and moved into an assisted living facility, she started to rely on taxis to get around town. It was time to get her a cell phone. But which one?
Great resource for caregivers, or anyone who cares
Saturday, June 6, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission has just launched a new Web site offering reliable sources of information on health topics important to you, as a consumer, caregiver or friend.
Teens go tech-free for 10 days
Monday, May 18, 2009
Fascinating experiment on the Today show this morning. Could you give up your computer, cell phone and iPod for ten days?
Who else but a mother?
Sunday, May 10, 2009
There are mothers of all shapes and sizes, races, colors and creeds, yet we all share certain distinctive behaviors, common to our species that bond us together — behaviors that are alternately thoughtful, quirky, obsessive-compulsive, superhuman, heroic and, sometimes, just plain insane.
High def TV redefines marital dynamics
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009
Here’s the problem: Once you go high-def, you can never go back — especially to the suddenly substandard TVs in the rest of your house.
Grandma goes to Washington
Friday, Jan. 16, 2009
As Marian Robinson, Barack Obama's mother-in-law, prepares to move into the White House to help care for her two grandchildren, does she know she's part of a national trend?
Parents and kids together... on Facebook
Friday, Jan. 2, 2009
My friend count on Facebook jumped considerably over the holidays as more and more of my peers joined the wildly popular social network. For most of them, it was no big deal to their kids. For others, it almost caused a family meltdown.
He pimped for his 80-year-old father
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008
In case you missed it, here's one of my favorite interviews from '08. Bob Morris' book, "Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad," chronicles his "year of dating dangerously" with his recently-widowed father. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll lock your parents in their rooms until they're 95.
The Ho-Ho-Hamilton Family Christmas Letter
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008
Dear family, friends and people I haven’t seen for so long I hardly remember what you look like: Where, oh where, does the time go?
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