A Change of Season

I love the change of seasons in Minnesota and fall is a favorite time of year; this week I have my annual Fall Women’s Retreat with my best friends. As the saying goes we’ve laughed a lot, cried a little and shared our love of books and learning. This long week end is an opportunity to “reconnect, refine and renew” our friendship at a cabin (actually a house) in the northern woods; I like to think of it as a long overdue pajama party. We’ve shared stories about career, relationships (mostly good), travel and supporting our aging parents through good or bad health until end of life and we’ve held each other tight through grief and loss.

This season I will experience the coming holidays without my parents and without my sister Faye but I will joyously celebrate the family I have with heartfelt gratitude, both my birth family and my family of friends. This fall as you think about sharing the holiday with family and friends if you have elderly parents or loved ones that will travel by air to celebrate together give some thought to safe travel. This week as I send my newsletter out with a checklist on safe travel for seniors I’m hoping the information will be helpful to you. If you have not received my newsletter and you’d like a copy please sign-up on my homepage or feel free to contact me for a copy.

Tip for the week: My medical provider is Health Partners and they have a Travel Clinic that I have found to be a fabulous resource, while I sing their praises I note one can be overwhelmed by information but I absolutely appreciate this new specialty, please use their expertise if you will be traveling out of the country. http://www.healthpartners.com/portal/286.html

Enjoy the fall colors, the fall weather and a good bonfire with friends, I will be doing the same this weekend!

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