Newsletter-Late-Week

Being dad's caretaker and dealing and learning about dementia will forever be etched in my heart. Everything about spring's arrival reminds me of him as we shared the love of being outside.

When I showed up to see dad one day at the nursing home, I discovered he had decided to have a girlfriend.If he had any inkling of what he was wearing, he’d been mortified. His polyester pants, belt and neatly tucked in shirt had been replaced with a jogging suit.Being in the construction business his whole life, I can almost guarantee he was the best-dressed person walking around the work site.

Dealing with symptoms of allergies is one of those extra perks for folks who choose to live in the Midwest. Do people strolling the beaches in California also suffer from sneezing attacks, watering eyes and nasal congestion? Do they have the pleasure of their sinuses feeling like a pressure cooker?Should I blame it on the seasons changing? Barometric pressure? Maybe my sinuses have joined the old age group and aren’t working properly.Trying to find anything to relieve the pressure, which felt like it could literally flatten my face, I turned to a jar of jalapenos.