Have You Had the Difficult Conversations with Your Aging Parents?

Have you ever had one of those conversations where you talk about everything, except what you really should be talking about? With your father you talk about the weather and the fact that last night’s storm brought as much as two inches of rain, but not about the eventual need for him to move into some kind of assisted living setting. With your mother you talk about how an old neighborhood friend has planted three dozen tulip bulbs in her backyard, but not about the fact that your mother does not seem to be able to keep herself as clean …

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