by Dayle Friedman | May 30, 2013
Sustenance in the wilderness: sources of resilience for the family caregiver The terrain of caring for a dependent loved one can feel barren, like the wilderness the Israelites encountered once they left bondage in Egypt. We may feel lonely, confused, resentful, sad...
by Dayle Friedman | Jan 15, 2013
Get Wisdom; moving toward the essential Aging, I feel…is a process that is alive and happening, growing up and getting closer, moving toward the essential. —Debra Winger My late mother-in-law, Miriam, had a very fruitful old age. She did not climb mountains or work at...
by Dayle Friedman | Nov 14, 2012
The Campaign’s Secret weapon; What I Learned From Maddie It is Election Day in the Obama field office in my neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia. Volunteers are sprawled in every corner of the chaotic office. They are perched on tables, huddled on cell phones...
by Dayle Friedman | Apr 18, 2012
A Time to Heal: Cultivating Forgiveness Evelyn, a nursing home resident, complained bitterly and regularly about her children. They had “dumped” her in this place; they didn’t invite her to live with them; they didn’t care about her. Kathy, a visitor, tried to...
