I was scheduled to go on Oprah and Friends XM Network -”Meet The Peetes” today at noon CST.  One minute before going on I got a call from the assisted living facility that we recently had to move my father into. He’s 66 and suffering from Alzheimer’s. I asked if i could call back after the show… The irony? I was on Meet The Peetes to talk about how adults can balance taking care of their own children and caring for ailing parents. It’s called “The Sandwich Generation”– and today I became a full-fledged member… Click here to listen.

It’s not always about relationships, diagnoses and emotional baggage… Alabama played LSU and Nick Saban’s return to “Death Valley” was the topic of an interview I did with columnist Ray Melick from the Birmingham News.  Click here to read…

Caring for others can really take a toll on you physically and emotionally. Here are a few simple actions to help you care for yourself while you are caring for others..

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Couple of interesting things going on this coming monday (Novemeber 10th).. At 11:00am CST- I get to answer questions from the news staff at ABC 33/40.  If you live in north central alabama tune in to see what kinds of problems are on the minds of the people who bring us our news…

Then at 12:00pm CST I will be back with the Peetes on “Meet The Peetes” (Oprah and Friends Network, XM radio chanel 156).  We are talking about the “sandwhich” generation – those of us who are caught between caring for our kids and caring for our aging parents…

Much going on monday…Tune in if you can…

Sunday afternoon of a historic week to come… Sure- the election is on your mind, but what does it mean? Will your life change on November 5th? Will it change by November 5th 2009?  Do these elections really impact our daily lives? Will we live our lives differently because we have a new president? 

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