Advocate. One who pleads the cause of another. One who defends or maintains a cause or proposal. One who supports or promotes the...

Have you chosen your “word of the year”? I don’t know how long this concept has been around, but it’s something I have been hearing about...

In a previous blog post I referenced that today – November 21 – is Kiss a Caregiver Day. Well, when I went back online to find the...

The holidays are just around the corner. In the land of caregiving, this is about the time when the articles and blog posts start popping...

Apparently, November is National Family Caregivers Month, at least according to the Caregiver Action Network. Me bad. I guess I was...

When you’re busy caregiving, it’s easy to view holidays and special occasions as “not applicable” to you. After all, what’s to celebrate?...

Whenever I fly I have to resist the urge to stop in one of those airport gift shops to pick up at least one of the latest celeb...

Words matter. Being a writer and editor, I take the meaning and usage of words very seriously. Maybe that’s why of late I have found...

What do you think of when you hear the term “controlling personality”? A bullying boss? An obnoxious, overbearing relative? A busybody...

A very good friend of mine died yesterday. Although the news was stunning, it was not totally shocking. She had endured some significant...