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“When Those I Love Cannot Visit”: Quarantine Letters Between an Elderly Aunt and Beloved Niece
5 min June 18, 2020Author: Michele Willens

“When Those I Love Cannot Visit”: Quarantine Letters Between an Elderly Aunt and Beloved Niece

By Michele Willens

Since the lockdown began, Michele Willens has not been able to visit her 96-year-old aunt in an assisted living facility. Their emails reveal the heart-...

A Couple’s COVID Diary: 3 Weeks, 2 Illnesses, and 1 New Outlook
4 min May 27, 2020Author: Patricia Greenberg-Grunfeld

A Couple’s COVID Diary: 3 Weeks, 2 Illnesses, and 1 New Outlook

By Patricia Greenberg-Grunfeld

Patricia Greenberg-Grunfeld was so worried about her husband's coronavirus illness, she didn't notice she was sick too. How one couple got through the w...

They’re Back! How to Manage When Grown Kids Are Sheltering at Home
5 min May 22, 2020Author: Cathi Hanauer

They’re Back! How to Manage When Grown Kids Are Sheltering at Home

By Cathi Hanauer

With so many grown kids quarantining with mom and dad right now, parents are dealing with issues of privacy, independence, housework and more. Our advic...

Lifelong Learning Together: One Couple’s Adventure in Education
5 min May 15, 2020Author: Jeannie Ralston

Lifelong Learning Together: One Couple’s Adventure in Education

By Jeannie Ralston

Returning to college as TOWER Fellows at the University of Texas has been good for Tom and Marti Mattia. For their brains and sense of self. And for the...

The Significance of the Mother’s Day Before My 58th Birthday: A Poem
2 min May 11, 2020Author: Michele Martell

The Significance of the Mother’s Day Before My 58th Birthday: A Poem

By Michele Martell

Approaching the age when her mother was killed in a car accident, Michele Martell wrote a tribute recalling that the whole (and the hole) is greater tha...

Life on Two Levels: Monumental Catastrophe and Daily Minutia
5 min May 5, 2020Author: Lesley Dormen

Life on Two Levels: Monumental Catastrophe and Daily Minutia

By Lesley Dormen

"My mind runs from the quotidian (I wonder when/if I’ll have another manicure) to the profound (Anne Frank and 9-11)," says Lesley Dormen....

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