Do you have good friends and loving family? Think about the quality of your relationships with relatives as well as with other people you know well. Do you feel comfortable calling on them for help? If you haven't done so, you should find ways to build positive, trusting relationships with people who live near enough to get to you when you need them. Because chances are that at some point, you WILL need them. I have a friend I’ll call Brenda. By the time she was in her 60s, B

I have two daughters and spent a lot of time with them when they were younger. Almost every morning, I hugged them and said “Good morning, Beautiful!” I drove them to daycare before heading to work.  Later, I was their Girl Scout troop leader, PTA president, and the parent who often chauffeured them and their friends home after cheerleading/soccer/track practice and competitions. When my children were young, their father and I controlled most aspects of their lives -- where t