Lyn Jensen

LIFE AFTER MOTHER: Living One Year at a Time

Answering the question, “What are you doing with the rest of your life?” can begin with, what’s doing this holiday…

3 years ago

Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and an Estate

Getting my mother’s estate in order would be challenging enough for a person in perfect health, but my health is…

3 years ago

Life After Mother ― <br>Will Holds off Circling Sharks

Shortly before my father died, he suddenly made an appointment with a paralegal to come to his apartment and prepare…

3 years ago

Life After Mother — Talk About Elder Abuse

“This is elder abuse!” Some staffer exclaimed, barging into an examining room at my mother’s HMO.  My mother was waiting…

3 years ago

My Recycled Life: Doll Doctoring

People who repair dolls are called doll doctors, and their businesses are called doll hospitals. I needed one because my…

3 years ago

Life After Mother — Probate Doesn’t End, Just Fades Away

Probate doesn’t end in a way that calls for marking the occasion. In my case anyway, it looks to be…

3 years ago

My Recycled Life — My Mother Turned Me Into a Stamp Collector

“Every stamp, no matter how insignificant it may appear, is of some value and should be saved.” That’s a quote…

3 years ago

My Recycled Life — Take What You Need, Give What You Can

“Take what you need, give what you can,” is the concept behind the Little Free Pantry, a spin on the…

3 years ago

Life After Mother: Overwhelmed by Free Gifts

My parents both gave generously to nonprofit organizations, and those organizations were very generous with the “free gifts” often packaged…

3 years ago

My Recycled Life — My Father’s JFK “Proof”

Regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, my father Dale Jensen had his “theory” and…

4 years ago