This past weekend my lovely college friend was visiting me. We’ve been friends for 30 years now. It was a very healing visit. She was here to heal from a broken heart combined with exhaustion from caring for an aging parent. I am continually seeking to heal from the loss of my boys and aContinue reading “On Healing”
Category Archives: Dying
How to Recognize Parent-Child Alienation
I have been seeing a lot that suicide prevention is for year round not just one month of the year. Having lost two sons to suicide, I subscribe to this. Alongside this, I think about child-parent alienation and how it can be a factor in suicide. There is no evidence that it is a directContinue reading “How to Recognize Parent-Child Alienation”
Understanding Parental Alienation and Its Impact on Children
Few experiences are more painful for a child than feeling that they have lost a parent who is still alive. After separation or divorce, children may sometimes become resistant to or fearful of one parent for legitimate reasons. But in some families, a child’s relationship with a parent deteriorates in the context of persistent hostility,Continue reading “Understanding Parental Alienation and Its Impact on Children”
On Mental Health – Part III
Quite honestly, when I begin writing my Mental Health awareness posts, I knew there would be three and stated this. Parts I and II came easily. But I struggled a bit with Part III. That is why it took me this long to post. I really wanted it to be encouraging not depressing. And finallyContinue reading “On Mental Health – Part III”
On the Evils of Guardianship
Here we explore the ills of the practice of professional guardianship in the State of Florida. Take a peek and be horrified.
Open Letter From Your Dying Mother or Father
This post is informed by the clients and families I have served in my role as an estate planning and probate attorney and all the different scenarios I have witnessed. It is also inspired by my father who cared for his own mother who suffered from alzhiemers until she was 100 in her own home,Continue reading “Open Letter From Your Dying Mother or Father”