Tag Archive for "family" - Surviving Medical Mayhem

How to Tell if You are in a Season of Medical Mayhem

Loretta Schoen 19th September 2025

You know you are in a season of medical mayhem when you, your spouse, kids grandkids and even the dog have health issues. There you are trying to balance everyone’s needs like an elderly waiter

Whatever You Do, Don’t Shoot Your Husband

Loretta Schoen 16th August 2024

Thad and I recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We spent a quiet day as he was recovering from a second shoulder surgery. While they say the 50th is celebrated by exchanging items of Gold,

Check out my Story in Chicken Soup for the Soul!

Loretta Schoen 31st May 2024

Just me and the book I’m published in! So excited! Pick up Chicken Soup for the Soul: Young at Heart at your local bookstore or get the ebook. Thank you Chicken Soup for the Soul!

The Teacher becomes the Student

Loretta Schoen 09th February 2024

As grandparents we love our grandchildren and spending time with them is fun if a bit exhausting and trying. Not long ago Thad and I got to spend six days taking care of them and

Transformation Self-Care

Loretta Schoen 10th November 2023

If you have ever been a caregiver or currently are a caregiver you have heard the words “You need to take care of yourself”. But actually caring for yourself while caring for those in medical

You Were Never Meant To Be Alone

Loretta Schoen 03rd November 2023

There is a story about a man who falls in a hole and calls out to multiple people up above for help. Several people simply pass on by. One passersby briefly offers some unhelpful solutions

Who am I?

Loretta Schoen 29th September 2023 2 comments

When my family and I were traveling to Alaska we made our way through TSA and had to show both our passports and driver’s license to the agent. And in all my years traveling as

Grandparents – Good Medicine for Everyone

Loretta Schoen 08th September 2023 01 comment

I never got to know my grandparents as one set died before I was born and the other set travel so much that a relationship never had time to be fostered. As I look around

Guarding Against Caregiver Burnout – Part One

Loretta Schoen 14th July 2023

How’s you balance? I’m not talking about walking on a balance beam. Rather, how do you balance the myriad of things to do in the array of areas that make up your life? I don’t

Relationships Aren’t Everything

Loretta Schoen 26th May 2023

From the moment we are conceived we are in a relationship. An expectant mother loves her baby before she has even held the little life in her arms. She nurtures this child and the baby

Look Out for a Caregiver Near You

Loretta Schoen 11th March 2022

I talk a lot about being a caregiver and working to balance the needs of those who need us and what we need to stay healthy in body, mind and soul. But I don’t often

Am I having Fun Yet?

Loretta Schoen 20th August 2021

My daughter and son in love are always telling us what busy lives we retirees have, that we are always coming and going. They envision us languishing in bed each morning, going out with friends

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