This is a story about welcoming change. As Joanne says, "Moving in with them saved my life." Joanne, now in her early sixties, used to live in the Woodstock, Vermont area where she was married, …
Traveling Together— A Good Test of Home-Mate Compatibility?
Is traveling together a good test for living together? Maybe. It depends on how it happens. When It Works People who travel together because they are friends might realize after the fact that …
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Pressured to Move Closer to Adult Children? (How to Get Them to Stop.)
The holiday season arrived and the traveling began. Adult children hosted their parents, or traveled with the grandchildren to the homes of their parents. We journey great distances to see mom and …
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The Winter House
The Winter House, by Joan MacCracken is the heartwarming fictional tale of four single women in their seventies who spend the five months of winter living together in rural Maine. They make this …
Invest in Shared Housing (How Jude Does It)
Here is an innovative idea. Invest in shared housing. This is what Jude and her husband have done. They created a shared house with six bedrooms that they rent out as a house share. They …
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A Home-Mate Is Not A Caretaker (But Can Make a Difference)
Sharon (not her real name) left her community of twenty-five years to move 1500 miles to a new town, new state, and different culture ( New England vs. Texas) because her daughter insisted on …
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