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Layaway: Everything old is new again

When the financial storm hit the fan over the past several weeks. Grandma asked. “Whatever happened to layaway?”
I was then lectured about how my great-grandmother got most of the furniture on layway. It was simple, you paid a little at a time, and when you made that last payment, nothing could replace the sheer joy [...]

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Financial Caregiving and Emergency notification

Recently, the telephone company sent a form to Grandma to indicate someone to notify in case the bill is not paid. We had been talking about filling out the form for a while now. Basically the form says that if the bill payer is 62  years or older and the bill has not been paid, [...]

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Book Review: All That Matters

All That Matters by Jan Goldstein really struck close to home. A grandmother and her granddaughter learn the power of courage, strength and trust in this book. This book showed me that no matter how bleak things get or how frazzled life becomes, with the courage to overcome obstacles and the support of a [...]

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Helping Grandma up the stairs

Grandma informed me once again this week that the elevator went out again. This timing is all too ironic, as I saw this post from Popgadget. Maybe this will help the cause.

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