Pat came to a talk on sharing housing that I did at her church. I had noticed an elderly woman sitting in the front row, listening intently. Afterwards, she came up to me and said, “Well that’s what I …
The Timing Was Right
It was exactly a year ago that Mary Lou moved into Amy’s house. “I guess I’ve made it through the probationary period, ” says Mary Lou and she laughs. Mary Lou came to home-sharing because she took a …
How Ann Marie Shares Housing with Family
Ann Marie lives with family and understands the benefit of shared housing. “I don’t know how other parents raise kids without help,” says Ann Marie who lives in the house of her cousin and his …
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Feedback — Essential to Successful Home-Mating
Here is excellent article about feedback that showed up in my inbox. This one offers a slightly different twist on this most important aspect of good relationships. I'm republishing it because …
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For Real
Vermont columnist, Joyce Marcel, wrote this column about the relationships between elderly white seniors in Florida living with caretakers coming from different cultures. It's one example of seniors …
Cooperative Living — Two Couples and Three Children
Karen and Tom live with his fifteen year old daughter and their two-year old child in a large house in the Boston area. They share this house with Dan, Selma and their four-year-old …
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