Coping With Loneliness
Edna says, “First, I lost my mom, then four years later my husband and then three years after that my dad died. I...
Edna says, “First, I lost my mom, then four years later my husband and then three years after that my dad died. I...
Karen Mulder | 3 min read
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away. As...
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
Dee, who is dying from cancer, says in the novel Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, “Individuals ask me, how ARE...
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
A young woman relates that when she was a little girl, her father, an artist, would often be busy at his easel...
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
All teens suffer bouts of moodiness and sadness from time to time. It’s all part of the emotional rollercoaster...
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
Dear Karen,
I'd like caregiving to become a natural part of what my family does together. How can we involve our children in caregiving? How can we especially involve teenagers? - Sue
I have been discussing this questions with various individuals and following are some of my conclusions from those conversations:
Karen Mulder | 3 min read
How can I be a friend to a friend who’s sick?
Letty Pogrebin in her book, How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick, gives the following advice:
1. The best response in any encounter with a sick friend is to say, “Tell me what I can do to make things easier for you—I really want to help.”
Karen Mulder | 3 min read
Ann’s voice on the phone was frantic: “The doctors say my liver cancer is back and there’s nothing more they can...
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
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