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Squished

MP Dunleavey

Navigating midlife, aging parents, kids, money, and death

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A surprise conversation with my mom

My son thought this was a bridge. I explained that it’s a staircase. Maybe it’s a metaphor?

Many of you know the struggle to help a parent who lives far away, or one who can’t manage living in their home, yet refuses to move — or both.

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Should You Bring Up Money Over the Holidays?

Who would ever talk about money with family, during a week of holiday visits, stressful travel, and last-minute gift wrapping in the back seat of the car?

And yet….during a post-dinner lull, with a game on TV, and six desserts lying aroun...

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Do you have a death response plan?

Emily calls an Uber.

On the way back from taking my mom to see a vascular surgeon — because her carotid artery is more than 90% blocked — though that was not the worst news of the day — I called my oldest friend to tell her about this very...

a year ago
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A Few Words About Beach Wheelchairs

Last fall, I took a walk on the beach with my aunt. To say she’s frail is a graceful way of expressing the ~~panic~~ worry we all feel, given the number of falls she’s suffered in recent years. But she’s game, my auntie, and last year even...

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Chronicle of a Death Prepaid

We were sitting outside on my mom’s tiny patio, when my aunt called.

“Mary Pat’s here,” Mom said to her. “We’re doing death stuff.”

A pause while my aunt probably laughed. My mom chuckled too. “Yeah, we got past the cremation,” she said....

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