Right after Halloween, many people start to think about getting their holiday cards organized. But then life gets hectic, right? Cut to a few weeks later, when you realize you still haven’t figured out which photo to use on the card, let alone ordered any, and panic starts to set in. That’s when last-minute types start asking themselves: “Is it...
Putting family first during the holidays means more than converging around a common feast or mounds of presents for a couple of hours before retiring to the den, the football game — and Facebook.
Social media — blogs, texts, Facebook, Skype — now play a significant role in how we celebrate the season, both helping and hurting...
WASHINGTON — Many baby boomers don’t have end-of-life legal documents such as a living will — and some say it’s because they feel healthy and young in their middle-age years and don’t need to dwell on death.
An Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll found that 64 percent of boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — say they don’t...
With cold and flu season upon us, it can be a daunting time to take a newborn baby from the sterile confines of a hospital into the outside world where hand-washing often is neglected.
Sure, you can holler at the grocery store clerk for reaching into your baby’s car seat — and run the risk of coming across as a germ-aphobic,...
I remember my early years at the “kids’ table” on Thanksgiving.
It seemed like such a big promotion when there was finally room for me to sit with the adults. Fortunately for me, my parents were far less mature than my contemporaries, so the transition was easy. This year, I may just go back to the kids for a visit -- and to get some...
