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Coping with aging parents, growing kids and everything in the middle

From here to eternity

October
8

Did any of you watch “Curb Your Enthusiasm” last night?

In the episode, Larry and Cheryl decide they’re going to buried alongside Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen and Jeff and Susie. If you know Larry David, you already know things don’t exactly turn out the way they start.

But why were they even thinking of burial plots at this age? Is this something people plan for when they’re still middle-aged? Am I the only one who hasn’t mapped out that part of life?

This entry was posted on Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 1:17 pm by Linda Lombroso.
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2 Responses to “From here to eternity”

  1. Valerie R.

    My husband bought us plots before we were even married. I was 21 and engaged and some of his relatives moved to Florida and their plots “opened up”. How romantic huh?

  2. Linda Lombroso

    So romantic! I guess when we’re that young, it all seems so off-in-the-distance anyway.

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We've been called "the sandwich generation" and with good reason. Most of today's baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) are dealing with aging parents and college-age kids -- or starting again as empty nesters, adapting to a new life without children at home.


In the Middle will address a variety of topics, including caring for aging parents (medical, ethical, emotional and financial issues) and caring for parents long-distance (what do we do when parents live out of state, or are citizens of another country and we can't bring them to the U.S. for medical care?).


It will also cover the way we deal with the financial and emotional demands of our teenage and young-adult children. Middle age also presents its own "crises": How do we handle that first mailing from AARP? Preventive health screenings (like colonoscopies and bone-density tests)? What are the dating options for those who find themselves single in middle age?


In the Middle will explore all these topics and more, as we share resources and learn from each other's experiences.


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Linda Lombroso Baby boomer Linda Lombroso was born in Queens and grew up in Port Washington. She began her journalism career at New York Magazine and Rolling Stone, and came back to the field after spending 10 years as a stay-at-home mother. Linda joined The Journal News in 1997 and has been a Life & Style writer since 2000. She has three children.

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