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I come from a family of volunteers. Altruism is in my DNA. My mother worked and always gave her time in a volunteer role and was especially passionate about mental health. I am a serial volunteer and she passed to … Continue reading →

After taking my hair down from the French twist I wore for my wedding, I came into the bedroom wearing a gorgeous ivory nightgown, the lace applique which adorned the satin gave an elegance that made me feel princess-like and … Continue reading →

My children and I have some challenges ahead as a family while we begin to diffuse that huge secret we don’t like to acknowledge lives here. As the mom, I want to spare my children the pain of revisiting it, … Continue reading →

We have this ‘thing’ that lives in our house. We don’t talk about it, or acknowledge it. It is invisible, though huge and very much present. We have an unspoken agreement with it; we keep our distance from it, it … Continue reading →

After sixty five years of marriage my uncle has not left her since she went into hospice. He sleeps in a chair next to her at night and sits at the side of the bed by day. He now watches … Continue reading →