Day 5 of The Move (90 year-old-parents relocating from Florida to Pittsburgh to live with daughter), Thursday, we got up early. Father in Law (FIL) packing more stuff in the car. I opened a random kitchen drawer to realize that they had both been “putting things back where they belong” instead of putting them in …
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Day 4 of The Move (90 year-old-parents relocating from Florida to Pittsburgh to live with daughter), Wednesday, the cleaners were back and the realtor arrived to inspect the house. She was impressed with the job the stager had done so far, as was I. The pool guy installed the robot thingy. And my Mother in …
Day 3 of The Move (90 year-old-parents relocating from Florida to Pittsburgh to live with daughter), the stagers returned. They began cleaning and needed me to remove the items from the master bathroom so they could clean in there. Again I scooped things off counters, out of medicine cabinets, etc. into boxes and piled them …
On day two of The Move (90 year-old-parents relocating from Florida to Pittsburgh to live with daughter), the movers arrived and my Mother in Law (MIL) – who really did not want to move – declared she was sick. Her stomach hurt. She had pains in her back like she had with the shingles. She …
I spent last week helping my 90-year old in-laws put their house on the market and move from Florida to Pittsburgh to move into my sister-in-law’s basement apartment. The next few posts will talk about the experience of accompanying them, and I learned on this trip about change and the elderly. First let me say …
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