Articles by Amy Shankland

Sandwiched I’ve discovered one unexpected joy of being in the sandwich generation over the last few months – getting to know my sons’ girlfriends. Jonathon is 19 and has been…

Sandwiched I know I write about one side of my sandwich generation more than the other in this column – my mother. But today I’ll focus on the family that…

Sandwiched I didn’t realize that one of the changes you experience in life while in the sandwich generation is the need to dress differently. Let me explain. A week ago…

Sandwiched While sitting in an important Lilly Endowment grant application meeting on Wednesday morning, January 22, my phone vibrated with a text message. Glancing down, I nearly gasped – it…

Sandwiched As you could tell from last week’s column, I recently hit a low point on my sandwich generation journey. I also got sucker punched with some other news that…

Sandwiched One of the worst things that can happen to a member of the sandwich generation is to get injured or sick. I haven’t dealt with the latter in a…

Sandwiched I’ve said for years that I’m a tea lover in a coffee drinker’s world. Imagine my delight last Christmas when my son’s girlfriend Maddie gave me a present of…

Sandwiched I don’t know about you, but I really got into the holiday spirit last month. Christmas carols went through my head during every waking hour. I watched more Christmas…

Sandwiched There’s been a term that has exploded on the Internet over the past few years – the “mental load.” If you happened to miss what millions of people have…