Another Devastating Step In the “Year of Firsts”

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When a parent passes, one of the hardest parts – at least for me – is the “year of firsts” – the first holiday without them, birthdays, Mother’s or Father’s […]

A Story About the Stories from the Tribe

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Before there were blogs…Before there were Zoom meetings… Before there were email chains and Facebook messengers and TikTok influencers… There were storytellers.   As a child I remember sitting around the […]

One of Those Days…

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The last month or so has been a more difficult time for me. Between a heavy workload at my daytime job, several things to accomplish in a short time frame […]

My Daughter Won’t Do Anything I Ask

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My daughter won’t do anything I ask No matter how big or small a task The level of authority Autonomy Absolute assuredly It is exhausting Bordering deranged Please God May […]

Upcoming Caregivers Conference Focuses On Grief

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As the lead organizer of every-other-year caregivers’ conference jointly conducted by Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis and Jewish Family Service of St. Paul, Tabitha DeRango said that the […]

Just A Phase

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When I was 12 years old, I decided I was going to be a vegetarian. Soon after this decision, I was in public with my mom. Somehow, the topic came […]

Honesty As A Policy

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Before I had kids, I was the perfect parent. What I mean is that I certainly had an idea of how I wanted to do this job, and I was […]