Between You and Me

By Barbara Pierce   I’ve been grieving lately. I lost my partner—lost him to dementia. The shell of the person he was lives on

By Barbara Pierce   “I do expect to see you at my graduation!” read the text from Crystal, my 21-year-old granddaughter. So here I

The challenges of being a mother of adult children By Barbara Pierce   “Casey is moving to Mississippi this weekend,” said my daughter, in

When I met my partner, I knew he had mild cognitive impairment. His situation got much worse, much faster By Barbara Pierce   “This

By Barbara Pierce   We have a crisis of empathy in the U.S. Our kids are growing up to be far less caring and

By Barbara Pierce   “I give myself a ‘D’ on how I handled that situation with my son. Maybe I even an ‘F!’” said

By Barbara Pierce   “Now go into Target and buy gift cards with the $5,000 you just withdrew,” the nice man with an East

Even those who usually don’t pay attention to politics may be experiencing secondhand stress from the constant exposure to political turmoil By Barbara Pierce

In January we watched the news, horrified, as the giant furious flames consumed house after house, building after building, street after street, mile after