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Cis: Calls Home To Aging Parents

Here we have Mother’s Day coming fast and furious. And just a month behind is Father’s Day. The time of phone calls. Be it the obligation kind or the grateful kind. When your parents are younger and you are in your 30’s, 40’s or even 50’s. it usually is a fun time to catch up. And
many subjects to talk about. But when your parents hit 70 plus, how do you do? Yes, You have the, “how are you”? “What have you been doing lately”, Answering the questions of how is your job going, and what are the kids up to these days? You talk about the weather. And then what?/Cis, From A Simple Mind. More here.

Question: Cis has a way of hitting nails on the head. Did the scenario she described above re: aging parents and Mother's/Father's days hit home to you? Or do you have a better relationship than that with your aging parents?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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