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Topic: Aging Parents

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My aging parents smuggle weed

Molly Kramer
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ACA saved my Trump-voting dad

Brett Beasley
Dick van Dyke; Valerie Harper; Carol Burnett (Getty/Joshua Blanchard/Theo Wargo/Jason Merritt)

Are you my (surrogate) mother?

Nell Beram
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What do I owe my mother?

Anna March
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Parenthood in reverse

Estelle Erasmus
A photo of the author's mother

Caring for a mom with dementia

George Hodgman

The lady and the tiger

Laura Miller
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My mom won't stop driving

Cary Tennis
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