Comments on: Sad Financial Day http://www.penny-saved.com/2007/11/27/sad-financial-day/ Personal Finance and Wealth by the Penny Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:16:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dividend Machine http://www.penny-saved.com/2007/11/27/sad-financial-day/#comment-8972 Dividend Machine Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:08:23 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2007/11/27/sad-financial-day/#comment-8972 Good thing it was not someone knocking on the door and asking to be let in. Good thing it was not someone knocking on the door and asking to be let in.

]]> By: Carol D. O'Dell http://www.penny-saved.com/2007/11/27/sad-financial-day/#comment-8592 Carol D. O'Dell Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:18:49 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2007/11/27/sad-financial-day/#comment-8592 I so relate! My dad died 15 years befor my mom, and during that time, my mother develooped Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. She lived with us (my husband and I and our three daughers/dogs and cats to boot)the last three years of her life. During that 15 years, she went from being able to manage her finances to it being totally out of control. At first, I'd question how she paid for something--what unnecesssary repair she was having done. She'd go to a store and simply hold out her cards like a fan and let the cashier pick one--it's a miracle she got them all back. Slowly, I became more and more aware of the situation--as a busy wife and mother, I already had so much on my plate--and by the time I took her finances over, it was such a mess that it took months to even figure out where she was. Yes--you're now a sandwich generation-er. Finances is only one component of this lovely little title (I say facetiously), but as crazy as it sounds, caregiving will add a dimension to your family and yourself--and you'll learn patience, tenderness, and perhaps most of all, time management:). ~Carol O'Dell author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir, available on Amazon and in most bookstores I so relate! My dad died 15 years befor my mom, and during that time, my mother develooped Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. She lived with us (my husband and I and our three daughers/dogs and cats to boot)the last three years of her life. During that 15 years, she went from being able to manage her finances to it being totally out of control.

At first, I’d question how she paid for something–what unnecesssary repair she was having done. She’d go to a store and simply hold out her cards like a fan and let the cashier pick one–it’s a miracle she got them all back.

Slowly, I became more and more aware of the situation–as a busy wife and mother, I already had so much on my plate–and by the time I took her finances over, it was such a mess that it took months to even figure out where she was.
Yes–you’re now a sandwich generation-er.

Finances is only one component of this lovely little title (I say facetiously), but as crazy as it sounds, caregiving will add a dimension to your family and yourself–and you’ll learn patience, tenderness, and perhaps most of all, time management:).

~Carol O’Dell
author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter’s Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir,
available on Amazon and in most bookstores

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