I think my sister was ready to hide her head in embarrassment. But I didn't care. I was determined that my parents were going to have a good time at the party, and if it meant making a fool out of myself, so be it. When the music started I started dancing

    
 
    
It was flu shot time and the visiting nurse hadn’t arrived yet. We were late for our appointment at the hospital for Dad’s monthly hematology treatments and couldn’t wait any longer. Just as my Dad opened the car door, the nurse arrived. As he stood perche

    
 
    
I am to the point where I want to walk away from my husband of 25 years.

His illnesses began in 2006 when the doctors thought he was bleeding internally. During exploratory surgery he went into cardiac arrest and it took them some time to revive him. T

    
 
    
A few days before she died was the last time my father saw my mother. Because he was wheelchair-bound it was difficult, if not impossible to get him to the hospital where my mother was battling an infection. We were able to make arrangements for special tra

    
 
    
Because I remembered him as a handsome, strong, fun-loving, vivacious pillar of the community, I did not know what to expect when I visited him in the hospital. It had been years since I'd last seen him when I used to babysit for his children, when he used