I’ve always told my daughter, my beautiful, athletic, terrific person of a daughter that I accepted my fatness. I thought that by admitting it to her, she’d see what was lacking in me and make sure she didn’t make the same mistakes. Then one day, when this gorgeous attractive teenager told me she thought she was fat and ugly, I had another one of those brain spirals like I did in 8th grade. This has to be another nightmare.
Category: Depression
The Resident Reviews A Girl from the Hill- A Parent’s Hardship and Recovery
The Resident, is a local Mystic, CT paper, and the first publication that reached out to me for an interview once A Girl From the Hill became available. What follows is the interview, which is not electronically available yet. You can check out there site, http://www.theresident.com/ as I'm hoping it will be out there soon. The gentleman who interviewed m, …
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Pearls of Wisdom – Starting the Dialogue with your Aging Parents: Subject Gratitude
Starting the Dialogue with your Aging Parents: Subject Gratitude. Anyone with aging parents or other family members will get a great deal of support information from the Starting the Dialogue Blog (hey that rhymes). Anyway, the point is - keeping people positive and grateful is important regardless of age, but age has its ways of trying …
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Beautiful Sadness
As I commented on the Red Tree Times blog post, I always equate 19th century photography with horrendous civil war victims or cowboys without smiles. But take a look. The real beauty of this image is that it portrays both beauty and sadness simultaneously. Similar thoughts went through my mind after scanning some 20th century pictures …
Are your Aging Parents or Elderly Clients Depressed?
Are your Aging Parents or Elderly Clients Depressed?. This article is fascinating and something for all of us who have aging parents. Keeping active is key. Related articles Treating Depression in the Elderly (everydayhealth.com) Benefits of Geriatric Massage Therapy (massageenvy.com) The Elderly in Convalescent Homes: the forgotten generation (insidesantosguardiola.wordpress.com) Role Reversal: Cohabitating with an Elderly …
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