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Forty years ago when I was growing up on our dairy farm in Wisconsin, my mother always saved the Christmas cards she had received in the mail. In those days, people sent many more Christmas cards than they do now.

Today, I still find myself saving the cards that I get each Christmas. When the holiday season is over, I take them down off the dining-room side of our kitchen cabinets. I look at each one and think about the person who sent it. Then I New Ways to Use Old Christmas Cards Recipe

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Home For The Holidays: Visiting Aging Parents

by Linda LaPointe

Joanne returned home after not seeing her parents for about 6 months. She found her dad is not doing nearly as well as he has been leading her to believe. Their weekly conversations were centered on talking about Joanne’s mom who had been ailing. Her dad had kept up the façade that he was taking great care of her and all was well.

She found out differently. The house was a mess and had not been cleaned well in some time and needed quite a bit of m Home For The Holidays: Visiting Aging Parents Recipe

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Home For The Holidays: Avoid Aging Parents Becoming A Burden

by Linda LaPointe

By not planning for the future we guarantee that we will leave our children with a tremendous burden. Just about the time they are preparing for their own retirement and their children's college education, adult children often are overwhelmed with decision-making for their aging parents.

As a long term care administrator I heard it daily, “I don’t want to be a burden to my children.” But unintentionally most of us make it even harder for our child Home For The Holidays: Avoid Aging Parents Becoming A Burden Recipe

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Home For The Holidays: Heirloom Stories Are A Perfect Gift

by Linda LaPointe

Selecting the right gift for a special someone is sometimes joyous, sometimes a chore. Give a gift that’s free. A gift that no one else could give. A gift of your legacy!

Consider giving to or requesting a very personal, one-of-a-kind gift this year: heirloom stories. A perfect gift for an adult child who has everything. A perfect gift to request from aging parents who don’t know what to give.

A daughter knew that the quilt protected in her m Home For The Holidays: Heirloom Stories Are A Perfect Gift Recipe

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Home For The Holidays: Happy Times, Right

by Linda LaPointe

This time of the year is supposed to be happy. A time when family is warm and welcoming. A time for loving and feeling loved.

We watch the annual TV specials which emotionally choke us up. We watch those traditional, mushy movies like Miracle on 34th Street and It’s a Wonderful Life which bring sentimental tears to our eyes. We watch those heartwrenching Hallmark commercials which make us sob dramatically. All of these portray the ideal and they Home For The Holidays: Happy Times, Right Recipe

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Home For The Holidays: Ask Yourself Some Questions

by Linda LaPointe

Annie easily slipped into becoming the sole caregiver of her parents. What started out as monthly grocery shopping for them, over the course of 2 years became a full time duty, an overwhelming burden and just about broke her emotionally and financially.

They say that it’s good that primary caregivers don’t know what to expect or they would not enter into the situation. That is only true if they aren’t honest with themselves and with others, don’t r Home For The Holidays: Ask Yourself Some Questions Recipe

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Home For The Holidays: Is it Time for That Talk?

by Linda LaPointe

Just a couple of years ago Annie helped her parents get the washer & dryer moved from the basement to a bedroom on the first floor after her mom missed the last step & broke her toe. Annie reassured them that she would make sure they would stay in their own home no matter what. Before she knew it she was fixing every supper for them at their home, taking care of the yard and cleaning the house on the weekend.

Then, Annie started to receive calls d Home For The Holidays: Is it Time for That Talk? Recipe

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Home For The Holidays: Start That Conversation

by Linda LaPointe

Annie waited too long to have that talk with her parents. It was too late to have it now as they were both beyond comprehending the seriousness of their situation. As a result, she had to break the bad news to a long lost brother, and deal with her resistant parents who had convinced themselves that they were independent in their own home, while she had to make some very difficult decisions for them.

It’s never too soon to begin the discussion of Home For The Holidays: Start That Conversation Recipe

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Chartered Feelings

by V.Ramasamy

Public transport system in Delhi is very poor when compared with other metropolitan cities. Traveling in a DTC bus or a blue line bus during peak hours is really nerve rattling experience. Unlike other cities, Delhi does not have mass rapid transport system. Due to absence of a reliable convenient and efficient transport system office goers in Delhi are compelled to have their own arrangement to commute to their office with comfort. Yes, they have chartere Chartered Feelings Recipe

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Stop! Don't Give Your Cat That Chocolate!

by Larry Chamberlain

"Where's the harm? My cat seems to enjoy chocolate and it's only a small piece."

Just because certain foods, such as chocolate, are enjoyed by us humans and are perfectly safe for us, it does not mean they are suitable for cats. Chocolate contains chemicals which rarely cause problems for humans, but for cats and other domestic pets, these chemicals can, in rare cases, be deadly.

One problem is that cats in general find chocolate very tast Stop! Don't Give Your Cat That Chocolate! Recipe

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