

In the United States, July is recognized as Sandwich Generation Month - a month of awareness to commemorate and celebrate the dedication, patience and caring of adults who are part of the Sandwich Generation - those caring for their children as well as their own aging parents.



* Open Faced: anyone else involved in elder care. [1]


Self-care within the context of chronic illness coaching is personal health maintenance care with the intention of maximizing an individual’s quality of life while living with chronic diseases or illnesses. It could include but is not limited to following your doctor’s treatment plan, accepting your limitations, pacing yourself, getting sufficient nutrition and rest, asking for help from friends and family members, cultivating hobbies and habits that nourish your spirit and soul, and more.

A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure. The most popular sex toys are designed to resemble human genitals and may be vibrating or non-vibrating. The term can also include BDSM apparatus and sex furniture such as slings, but it is not applied to pornography or birth control items, such as condoms.

Alternative terms include adult toy and marital aid, although marital aid has a broader sense and is more appropriately applied to drugs and herbs marketed to supposedly enhance or prolong sex.

NABBW Associate and Boomer Women Sexuality Expert, Dr. Dorree Lynn writes about the use of sex toys in her NABBW columns and in her book, Sex for Grownups: Dr. Dorree Reveals the Truths, Lies, and Must-Tries for Great Sex After 50

Briefly, single is the basic filing status for unmarried people who do not qualify to file as Head of Household. If you were not married on the last day of the tax year and you do not qualify to use any other filing status, then you must file your tax return as Single. See the tax rates for Single filers.

To see if you qualify as a Single filer, you must ask yourself 2 questions:

  1. Was I married on the last day of the year?

  2. Do I qualify for any other filing status?

1. If you answered Yes to the first question (you were married on December 31), then you cannot file as Single unless you were legally separated. If you were married and not legally separated on December 31, you will need to use one of the married filing statuses (Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately).

2. If you answered Yes to the second question (you do qualify for another filing status), then you can file as Single, but you may get a bigger tax refund (or owe less taxes) if you use another filing status on your tax return.

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