Sometimes it takes a village to let seniors stay at home By Gail Sheehy, Special for USA TODAY Updated Feb 21, 2011 8:13 PM | 32 |   --> Share Reprints & Permissions New Passages By Gail Sheehy "Hell, no, we won't go!"That's the answer I hear most often from seasoned Baby Boomers when I ask if they're getting ready to move to […]

My grandmother's house smelled like buttery toast. Always. I can hear her now, "Put a lot of butter on it. It makes everything taste good."  It also makes everything feel and smell like home.  Her home.   In the middle of her kitchen was a heavy wooden round table with a lazy susan in the middle and room for 8.  After my grandfather died, the […]

Prior to the loss of my grandmother, we had a weekly dinner together. I actually thought this was a lot and now as I look back, it wasn't near enough. Oh, the wisdom that would fall from her mouth.   She was a quiet woman but full of spunk and adventure. I think she was kind of shy. There are few people as genuine as this Grand Dame, Maxine Peek aka Muh […]