Compassion

Making It Through Holidays with Grief and Loss in Our Hearts

Dear Carol: I’m a new widow dreading all the Christmas hoopla and yearly optimism of a New Year. Planning Christmas presents for...

Dear Carol: My husband has had several strokes and is now in a nursing home where I spend much of each day...

Every family has their own favorite special occasions that they enjoy celebrating. Some may not be big into Halloween, Valentine’s Day, or...

Dear Carol: My dad, 72, has been adventurous all his life and that spirit doesn’t seem to be dampened by aging or...

When store employees wish us “Merry Christmas!” we smile back and return the greeting. When acquaintances wave and shout “Happy Holidays!” across...

If one can believe the old Westerns, frontier women were the ultimate multi-taskers. They could rock a cradle with their foot to...

“I want to go home.” Nearly every dementia caregiver has heard this heartbreaking plea from their loved one. They may already be...

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. For most of us, the feeling is less about how large or...

Years ago, I stumbled upon a video that remains vivid in my mind. In it, an elderly couple who had spent a...

Dear Carol: After caring for my mom for years, I moved her to memory care due to her dementia. At 93, she...