Sandwichedboomers

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• Care-giving 101: Boomers Beware

  

  What an unfortunate end to a terrific week at the lake, with all our kids and grandsons, celebrating our patriarch's birthday. During one final swim, my husban... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Maureen Hancock, The Medium Next Door

  

  We want to welcome Maureen Hancock to our Virtual Book Tour today. She's here to talk about her book, The Medium Next Door: Adventures of a Real-Life Ghost... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Friendships Over the Years

  

  The end of summer, with its back-to-school activities, has me thinking about my own years in school and what these memories mean to me now. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Decide Which Tour Group is Best for You

  

  Most group tours today consist of Boomers and those 10 years younger. Since we are the generation of joggers, exercise bikers, and elliptical skippers, we are... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 TRAVEL, VACATION

• Three Travel Destinations for Baby Boomers

  

  This week our guest blogger is Phyllis Stoller and her focus is on travel. Her first travels were at the public library with Kipling, James Fenimore Cooper,... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 FAMILY, TRAVEL

• Tools for Coping with Roller Coaster Market

  

  Are you unnerved by the current stock market's dramatic volatility, with its wild swings down and up? If you're feeling anxious about how the national and globa... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 FAMILY

• Is Another Financial Storm Brewing?

  

  Now that credit rating firm Standard and Poor's has downgraded the United States' government debt from AAA to AA+ for the first time in history, a sense of... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Boomerang Kids and the Club Sandwich Generation

  

  If you're reading this post, chances are you're a member of the Sandwich Generation, caring for parents growing older as well as kids growing up. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Boomerang Kids Moving Back Home

  

  Not since the Great Depression have so many fledgling adults moved into the empty nest with mom and dad. This cyclical trend has accelerated along with the... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Tips for Building Resiliency

  

  Over 10 years ago, I flew to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Million Mom March, hoping our protest would encourage tighter restrictions on guns. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2011 FAMILY, LIFE COACH, RELATIONSHIPS

• Resiliency Among the Israelis

  

  You've probably noticed that we often blog about building resiliency and moving forward after experiencing difficult challenges. I'm just back from Israel, a... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2011 TRAVEL

• The Sandwich Generation Takes a Big Bite

  

  As a member of the Sandwich Generation, there's a lot to chew on. Monday we focused on the practical issues as your parents decline and need more support from... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Sally Shields is an Internet Dynamo and an Astute Busines...

  

  Sally Shields is an Internet dynamo and an astute businesswoman. Also incredibly generous, she has been a role model for how to give back to others while... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• July is Sandwich Generation Month

  

  July is Sandwich Generation Month, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich_generation a chance to pay tribute to adult children who are juggling the demands of... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Musing About Marriage

  

  I couldn't treat today as if it were just like any other. It's my anniversary - 46 years married to the same guy - and it's got me thinking about a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Making Marriage Work

  

  According to the news and from your own experience, you must know that male and female brains are different. Of course, all couples get angry and argue, no... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS

• Happy 4th of July

  

  ! Do you know what Erma Bombeck, the American Humorist, had to say about this special day in history?You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2011 FAMILY

• Virtual Book Tour with T.B. Fisher

  

  Today we welcome T.B. Fisher to our blog for a Virtual Book Tour. He'll be answering questions about his book, Bought In: Reignite, Retool, Rebrand. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 BOOKS

• Seniorama

  

  For all you Sandwiched Boomers out there, we've come across two new creative developments to help you care for your aging parents while you are busy raising you... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2011 COMPUTING, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, TECH

• TED Talks and a New Spin on Aging

  

  Today we have a gift for you we think you'll enjoy – some videos of TED talks. Just in case you're not familiar with this great source of interesting... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2011 FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS