This weekend we celebrate "Labor Day". At usa.gov, the headline reads "Labor Day—the first Monday in September—celebrates the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and...

My poor Aunt was diagnosed with cancer throughout her entire body. They gave her 3 days to 2 weeks to live on April 18, 2008. It has been 4 months. She is gaining weight, which they said wouldn't...

My Daughters friends cousin died after a hysterectomy. She is the mother of 2 small children & died in recovery of this surgery. At first they said it was a stroke or anuerism. Now they discovered...

My mother in law has been hospitalized for about 7 weeks now. She fell and broke her hip. She was there on the floor from late at night until the next afternoon when my brother in law stopped by to...

My 82 year old brother lives with his daughter and her family, and can't be left alone as he can no longer care for himself. Last week, his daughter and family left for a short, but much needed...

My grandma did get her surgery today and she did great! She's a little drugged up right now so i cant go and visit her yet, but i will tomorrow. But i think they managed to get all of the cancer out...

Today i found out my grandma was taken to the hospital and was found to have colon cancer. And the doctors cant do anything about it so she isn't going to be with us much longer.My mom went to the...

This is a followup to my discussion on being available to a spouse during the illness and death of a parent (http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1618575.aspx). My mother in law finally died after a...

Yesterday in a TV program they were showing about one new business, baby planner. It’s all about hiring people to help you with from decorating the baby’s room to find a nanny. They will interview...

How do you get along with family that doesn't want to be part of your family or completely excludes you from the family? I have done my best to just get to know someone and they absolutely refuse to...