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Armchair Shopper
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Care for the Caregiver
By Crescent LoMonaco
A bargain is something you can’t use at a price you can’t resist.
~Franklin P. Jones In the beginning, we didn’t realize what was happening. We weren’t sure if Grandma Doris was just forgetful, or if it was deeper than that. She’d forget to eat lunch or she’d eat it twice. She’d forget to check her mail for a week or two at a time. She’d forget that she had already fed her dog, Feisty, and feed him again (several times a day). But the last straw was when she put a cake in the oven, engaged the safety latch and then forgot how to open it. That cake baked until it turned black and smoked filled her apartment and the fire department was called. My parents decided she should move in with them. (Keep reading)
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