Even if your spouse is living in a memory care center, you might consider the opportunity to travel to the other side of the world. I’m glad I did.

Another family vacation without Evelyn. Wonderful—and sad.

I call this “My Chronicle,” sort of a diary recording the steps on our journey. And this week I feel I must mention that many of them are quite pleasant.

Stress is stress, and how we react to it may determine whether it was good or bad. So I’m deciding how to label the stresses of the weekend.