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  1. EllysGdaughter

    What To Do When…

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    7
    | Elly's Granddaughter
    May 14, 2012
    We seem to be in a difficult spot and need some expert real life solutions with how to approach this next transition. Grandma Elly is having some difficulties with her memory. Her son has suggested that I take over managing her checkbook and prescriptions. I agreed to this plan and...
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  2. EllysGdaughter

    Getting Away

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    5
    | Elly's Granddaughter
    April 18, 2012
    My awesome Hubby and I did get away to Big Sur during my Spring Break as planned. At the last moment there was the possibility that my little sister had a cold and asked if maybe we didn’t want her to come and stay with 91-year-old Grandma. “Of course,” I...
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  4. EllysGdaughter

    How Did I Get Here?

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    10
    | Elly's Granddaughter
    March 19, 2012
    (Editor’s Note: Today we welcome a new blogger, Elly’s Granddaughter, who blogs about caring for her grandmother. You can learn more about her by reading her profile here.) I am Elly’s Granddaughter, the eldest of her four grandchildren (three girls and one boy). I work part-time, three-and-a-half hours a day...
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  6. Laura

    Fifty-Fifty Feelings

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    12
    | Blogs, Laura's Blog
    May 25, 2011
    My second cousin Isaac coined the phrase “fifty-fifty feelings” this weekend. He’s 9. His family was supposed to come to the wedding, but after a snafu involving lightning and a Delta terminal, they got stranded in Minneapolis. He was crushed. No one, except maybe my Dibi, rocks a dance floor...
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  7. Laura

    Me? A Caregiver?

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    10
    | Blogs, Laura's Blog
    May 18, 2011
    My friends and I like to play a game called Secrets. It’s exactly what you think: We share little truths about ourselves that we suspect no one knows. Sometimes they’re serious, other times they’re silly — but no matter what, they’re surprising. The game is best when played with new...
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