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My BIG takeaway from my first family caregiver support meeting

Caring for an aging parent, Support System

I’m not my mom and my mom isn’t me.

Profound, right?  I thought so.  This simple statement slapped me upside the head when I heard this from Dawn, the owner and creator of a nonprofit organization called ALOHA (A Life Of Healthy Aging).  Dawn’s organization visits my mom’s new assisted living community monthly to offer support to resident’s families.

Dawn followed this statement with a question: ‘who is your mom?’ and challenged me to find out.  I definitely know who I want her to be – I want her to be me!  But, even though she has been my mom for 44 years, I still have some detective work to do in order to answer this question. 

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Six tips to stay on track during the holidays

Nutrition

I don’t have the kind of metabolism that I can say ‘what the heck’ and eat and drink whatever I want over the holiday season.  After all, it’s a season…not a day, not a week or even a month – it’s a whole season.  I can do a lot of damage in a season..  If I let all my healthy routines and habits go, I’d literally be erasing all the progress I’ve made and be faced with starting over. 

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How to minimize holiday stress and maximize holiday blessings

Creating ME Time, Nutrition, Support System

While I’m appreciative of my holiday pasts, I also know that in this season of life that I’m in as a working family caregiver, I can’t expect to pull this off for my family.  Perhaps some of you do, but I know the price is probably your own health and sanity.  While my mom worked tirelessly to create a Waltons-like family holiday, I recognize that my family paid a price for this eventually. 

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An early holiday gift filled with Irish blessings – Our family trip to Ireland

Happy Days, Support System

Over the kid’s fall break (which is earlier than most places since we start school the first week of August) we went to Ireland. We purchased the 6 night package last winter from Travel Zoo.  The package included roundtrip flights from Atlanta to Dublin, one night in a hotel, 5 nights of bed & breakfast vouchers, our car rental, and a mobile Wi-Fi device(this little buddy is a MUST have on your trip as it works in cars, pubs, B&B, etc.!).  My 15 year old daughter, Natalie,

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Making myself a priority

Fitness, Guest Posts, Happy Days, Mental Growth & Hobbies, Nutrition

A guest post written by Jen Robinson, Lifewrangling blog

As parents we are always looking for ways to give our children opportunities.  We sign them up for sport, music, scouts, things that enable them to develop their talents and find enjoyment in learning new skills, working as a team and achieving their goals.  We realize the importance of this for our children.  Why then do we find it so difficult to understand the importance of these things for ourselves? 

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