Annette Gonzalez
BA
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Caring for Aging Parents and Grieving over their Death and Dying Expert
Annette Gonzalez Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Consultant on grieving, death/dying of parents, elderly caregiving
- Career Focus
- Author and Speaker
Annette's professional background includes positions in social work, real estate, business owner, PBS education director, president of a chamber of commerce and director of business development at an educational association.
In September 2006, Annette struggled with coping with the loss of her mother and then five months later, her father passed away. This is when she began to write and speak about her parents' deaths. What resulted was that Annette provided others who had lost their parents comfort and direction through her writing and speeches.
Annette believes that we need to treasure our parents while they are alive and honor them when they have passed.
Visit Annette's blog, http://www.marinasabundance.blogspot.com - in memory of her mother, Marina Gonzalez. She encourages those who have lost their mothers or whose mothers are in ill health to post comments.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Finding Time for Yourself While Taking Care of Elderlly and Ill Parents
http://EzineArticles.com/?id=1594820
Dementia is Tricky
http://EzineArticles.com/?id=1653532
I'm an Adult Orphan
http://EzineArticles.com/?id=1482546
My Father Died Two Years Ago
http://www.storyofmylife.com/Journal/my_journals.aspx
Dementia and My Mother
http://www.marinasabundance.blogspot.com/
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I'm An Adult Ophan
I am an adult orphan. I'm not anyone's child anymore. Both my parents have died. There is no smooth transition from being a child in the family to becoming an orphan. One day you have parents and the next day you don't. It's quite a revelation to know that there is no one to approve or ...
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Time For Yourself While Taking Care Of Elderly Parents
You are taking care of your elderly parents and at the same time caring for your own family. How do you find time for yourself? I found myself every Saturday going to my parents’ home to go through their cupboards and refrigerator to determine what I needed to buy for them at the grocery ...
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Facing Being An Orphan At 60
It is hard to face that I now represent the older generation. I am the oldest surviving child, the oldest surviving grandchild of my mother’s family. I hope with time I will gain strength, perspective and fortitude to carry on my family’s values, traditions and cultural roots. ...
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Do You Feel Guilty Taking Time for Yourself?
There are so many things to take care of in our lives. There are so many things on the list. There are so many people to take care of. How do we prioritize? Are you on the list of priorities? It is important for us to listen to the voice inside us when it says, “I need some ...
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The Orphan Club
Here I am sixty years old, without parents, without accountability to anyone but myself, staring at mortality and a member of the orphan club. This is a club I or others do not aspire to belong. There is no age limit, no occupation restrictions, no ethnic or gender requirements, no time limit, ...
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Grieving is Not Limited to Death
Sometimes we begin grieving while care-giving our parent (s). You are caring for your parents but they are not the same parents you remember while growing up. They are physically and/or mentally frail. They may not even remember your name. How could this happen? Growing up you never thought they ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Annette Gonzalez
Honor your Parents; Honor Yourself
Treasure your Parents while they are alive
Contacting Annette Gonzalez
Blog Address: http://marinasabundance.blogspot.com
Website: http://orphanat60.com