Hi , I attended a virtual support group recently entitled "Getting Through the Holidays Together!" — I signed up because that's exactly how I feel. I have to "get through" them. In the meeting, I shared my true feeling about these upcoming holidays: I wish I could just skip right over them. You know, wake up tomorrow and it's January. Thanksgiving and Christmas and New
Year's, all done. I didn't always feel this way. Growing up with a Danish mother, Yule was always a big deal at our house (and still is). Early in December, Mom would start baking her delicious Danish and Greek cookies (a nod to my Greek-American father).
Aromas of butter and vanilla, cinnamon and honey would fill the house. Christmas eve featured singing carols as we danced around the Christmas tree, followed by a traditional Danish Yule dinner: Flaeskesteg (roast pork with crackling) with gravy,
caramelized potatoes and braised red cabbage. For dessert, there was always risalamande, a rice pudding served with warm cherry sauce. My mom would hide a blanched whole almond in the pudding, and whoever found the almond in their bowl was bound to have a wonderful next year, and received a small gift, usually a marzipan pig. Sounds fun, right? So why the bah humbug attitude this year? Warmly, |
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Legal and Financial Considerations Women shoulder the bulk of caregiving responsibilities. As we reach midlife, we often find ourselves caring for elderly parents and in-laws, adult children and grandchildren, and even friends. As with anything, especially in a crisis, the unpaid job of caring for those we love can have financial and legal consequences that we have not envisioned. But don’t despair:
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- The steps you can take to prepare yourself to truly be in charge when a caregiving crisis occurs
- Why your professional team—yes, YOUR professional team—should be talking to each other before a caregiving crisis
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