I enjoy year-end reflections and compilations. I’m always drawn to the People magazine year-end wrap-up edition and a good YouTube look back video. Today we get to turn that reflective lens to this blog. These are the 12 posts that accumulated the most page views during the calendar year beginning January 1, in order, most to […]
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This post is sponsored by HandsFree Health™. All opinions and statements are my own. WellBe® is a voice-enabled virtual health assistant created by HandsFree Health. Health is the key word which sets this virtual assistant apart from the others you may be familiar with like Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant. While WellBe can
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a guest post written by Gina Martin, found of the Bob & Diane Fund My name is Gina – and I am a daughter of Alzheimer’s. Saying this make me feel like one of those characters in a movie standing in front of a room full of addicts. Not that I would ever compare having
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This post is sponsored by Depend® Brand. All opinions and statements are my own. I want to share a FUN annual activity my family and I have been doing for the past three years. The name changes slightly every year but the concept is the same. It’s called ‘21 for 2021′ and it’s essentially where
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a guest post written by Amy Bowie There are many things that remain the same even in this time of change. The scent of pine, the glistening snow, a chilly breeze, a fire aglow. Hot chocolate, quilts, and peppermint sticks. It’s the simple things in life that we delight. The holly and mistletoe,
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This post is sponsored by LifeStation®. All opinions and statements are my own. I am 5’2” and classified as petite when it comes to shopping for women’s clothing. When I first started shopping in the petite section, I often felt the clothing designers assumed that every petite person was a 60-year-old schoolteacher. Racks would be
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Welcome to the 2020 Happy Healthy Caregiver Holiday Gift Guide. I’ve tried to make your shopping a little bit easier by curating some of the best and most unique gift ideas for the family caregivers and care recipients on your list. I can’t wait for you to explore the guide and discover new products, small businesses,
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This post is sponsored by Depend® Brand. All opinions and statements are my own The United States currently has 53 million family caregivers*. That’s over six times the population size of New York City! Since 2015, the caregiver community has grown over 20%. This is partly due to our aging adult population living longer and
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As a parent to my two children, I used to tell my kids that my job was to keep them safe and help them become adults that other people want to be around. In my mind, the second part meant many things such as being polite, respectful, hard-working, and compassionate. In hindsight, I really didn’t
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This post is sponsored by Hank®. All opinions and statements are my own. So much to do and not enough time or energy to do it. This family caregiver reality ties us all together no matter what our care recipient’s condition. Technology can be a caregiver’s friendly ally. Especially now in this pandemic, utilizing home
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