legacy Archives - Aging, caregiving and the journey through the second half of life

These Are My Favorite Life Review Questions…

August 30, 2019

Life Review: The Questions That Call You Back Life review is all about the questions that call you back to plot points that wait for you to catch the meaning you missed the last time you circled their story. Questions…

Ancestor’s Moon

August 1, 2019

Ancestor’s Moon by David Solie Bruised by Beauty by Sanober Khan it was the kind of moon that I would want to send back to my ancestors and gift to my descendants so they know that I too,…

Legacy Moment…

June 29, 2018

Window to Your Heart “Most of us travel with two lives in tow, with a heart full of stuff nobody knows.”…

Walls of time…

May 12, 2018

“All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow…

Last Stories…

December 23, 2017

Life review is a relational process that mobilizes stories to uncover and identify values, lessons and dreams that become part of legacy. Create safe and inspiring venues for the telling of these stories, settings that facilitate conversations, insights and continuity.…

Beyond Grief: Rebalancing What We Can’t Control

August 19, 2017

I get a steady flow of inquires about how to deal with the anticipation or actual loss of an aging parent. One reader framed it this way. “It is devastating to think about and I don’t want to create undo…

What do you do when aging in place isn’t working out for aging parents?

April 12, 2017

I was recently asked this question by a professional in the senior living industry. Here is what I said: While the need for control is a consumptive task for aging parents in the final phase of life, it doesn’t necessarily…

We All Else Fails, Ride Motorcycles…

September 15, 2016

I have shared this deeply moving, three minute video with audiences throughout the United States and Canada. No matter how many times I’ve watched it, I am always inspired by the love and courage of these older adults who insisted…

The Dream

May 7, 2016

Every Mother’s Day I think about my mom’s dream. She longed for a big house on a lake filled with children and the buzz of life, friends dropping in unannounced, and laughter, lots and lots of laughter. Was not to…