The Coastal Grandmother Explores Options for Aging in Place.
It seems like every conversation I have these days involves talk about what comes next for us seniors. What happens when we can no longer drive? What happens if we have a fall and cannot stay alone? How do we manage the maintenance and upkeep on our homes? What happens if we just want to stay where we are and not be a burden to anyone? I faced this delimma just last year. No significant event lead up to it. My son had been talking about me moving to Tennessee, and at first, i
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The Coastal Grandmother Reinvents Herself Once More!
My new home in Tennessee How can this be? I have lived in Virginia for over fifty years and now to up and move to another state at 84 years old. Have I started to lose my marbles or what? Actually, most of my friends and I have been having the conversation of, “how to age in place”, for at least a year or more. It seems when you turn eighty, you realize that you may need to reevaluate your needs for the future. I am blessed to have good health and a relatively sound mind, how
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The Coastal Grandmother Navigates a New Relationship
Mike and me at my grandson’s wedding Okay, so I am in this new relationship right? You would think by eighty, you would know how to get...
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