Honouring the Past, Embracing the Present: Elderly Parent Appreciation

I took my Auntie Betty out on Tuesday as she had  a stroke last November and doesn’t go very far these days. We went for a stroll in Dulwich Park and had lunch in the Pavilion Café. It was special. I used to play with my cousins on Sunday afternoons in Dulwich Park with my […]

Is “Empty Nest Syndrome” becoming a thing of the past ?

Well I suppose I’m going through it as my kids are 20 and 18 but a new study suggests that “Empty nest syndrome” is becoming a thing of the past as increasing numbers of households have three generations living under the same roof. For many couples in late middle age the challenge is not how […]

This made me cry.

In a culture that worships youth and has a thousand sites devoted to parenting, it’s easy to overlook or get impatient with the elderly in our life, especially our mums, the people with whom we likely spent so much time and often feel frustrated with. Spring in the Air published this letter on their Facebook […]

Elderly Parents

I took my Auntie Betty out on Tuesday as she had a stroke last November and doesn’t go very far these days. We went for a stroll in Dulwich Park and had lunch in the Pavilion Café. It was special. I used to play with my cousins on Sunday afternoons in Dulwich Park with my […]