by Sue | Nov 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’m writing this on November 4, 2024, and predict a dead heat over the next few weeks until all the votes are counted. We’ve been inundated with dire predictions, biased rhetoric, lies passing as news, and news confusing everyone. I’m heartened that the voting turnout...
by Sue | May 29, 2024 | Faith
What’s your Paradigm? Visiting is one thing. Spending months in another part of America is another—like coming from the third largest city in a blue state to a small rural city in a red state. While I love Rochester, where I was born and raised, I fell...
by Sue | Mar 6, 2022 | Care Giving
When I was growing up as an only child, I envied my friends with siblings. “You have built-in playmates,” I would say. Quite a few of them looked at me as if I were crazy. Later, as a caregiver for both my parents, I again envied that sibling relationship. How nice it...
by Sue | Dec 8, 2019 | Care Giving
I raised my voice, as if I my friend could understand me better if I turned up the volume. Turns out, there are far better ways to communicate with the confused and demented, as I learned from a presentation sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association. The...
