You all know that I am my mother’s caregiver. That sounds so bad when I say it that way but for lack of another word that is what I am. I am lucky in that mother can get around pretty well and manage most things on her own. It’s all the things that she can’t…
Life at Shady Pines
Summer with the Senior Citizens
Spending the summer with the senior citizens can be more trying than with just the kids. Since the adults already know the hinges they like and things they don’t they tend to be much more picky. On top of all that getting them to pay attention to how hot it is can be difficult. Here…
The Worst Stain Ever!
As a mother I have encountered so many different stains that truthfully little fazes me anymore. However there was once a stain that was not only so bad but so surprising that I couldn’t believe it. This was years before I had children of my own. My niece was staying at Ma’s and my mother…
I Hate That She Won’t Have That
While watching the television recently I saw, for most likely the millionth time, the Publix commercial that has the couple in the kitchen cooking together. If you haven’t seen it, it shows a young couple cooking together. At one point they change and you see the older couple they truly are and they are celebrating…



