Honest Advice for Families Caring for Aging Parents

At every party or family gathering I go to now, the same thing happens without me deciding it should. The conversation my own age drifts toward work, kids’ schedules, whatever show everyone happens to be watching that month, and somewhere in the middle of it I feel myself pulling away, drawn instead toward the corner…

When I was a little girl, my mother would sit down at the piano in our living room and play the theme song from the Muppets. My sister and I did not need any convincing. We would grab hands and spin in circles until the room blurred, laughing so hard it hurt, until our legs…