Gearing up for mom’s apartment
Sandwiched It’s Wednesday as I write this, and I’m preparing to visit my mom in her apartment for the first time since early March. Her facility is allowing visits in…
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Never say never? Absolutely!
Sandwiched I walked seven miles last Saturday morning as part of my training for the Geist (virtual) Half Marathon, taking place on Oct. 10. This wasn’t so amazing to me….
Tips for tackling worry, part two
Sandwiched As I said last week, when you’re a member of the sandwich generation, worry can overshadow you in an instant. When you add a global pandemic and other terrible…
Amy’s tips for tackling worry
Sandwiched When you’re a member of the sandwich generation, worry can overshadow you in an instant. When you add a global pandemic and other terrible things happening in our society,…
Team Sandwich
Sandwiched When you’re a member of the sandwich generation, it’s a blessing to be part of a team taking care of an elderly relative vs. being alone. Not everyone has…
A woman’s gotta have her makeup
Sandwiched Okay, folks, time to lift the mood a little. I haven’t talked about my mother, the star of this column, in a few weeks. I think it’s time for…
Tell the people you love how you feel about them
Sandwiched This will be my final column talking about the lessons I’ve learned from the death of my childhood best friend, also named Amy. Amy died unexpectedly less than a…
Stop focusing on the one bad thing
Sandwiched As I wrote last week, my childhood best friend, also named Amy, died unexpectedly just a few weeks ago. We were best friends from infancy until I was 16…
Saying goodbye to a childhood best friend
Sandwiched As I was eating lunch last Thursday, I saw a Facebook post that made me freeze in shock. My best friend from the time I was a baby until…
Enjoying the “normal”
Sandwiched As many of you know, most of the time I focus on my mother for this column. But there’s another “slice” to the sandwich generation I don’t talk about…