Some of the trickier things we face as we grow older.

quote about storms from the boy the horse and the mole

Charlie Mackesy’s book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has spent 60 weeks in the Sunday Times best selling hardbacks up until the end of 2020. “This is a book for everyone, whether you are eighty or eight” he writes. This is a book about love, friendship and kindness, but it also offers hope support and encouragement to those facing fear, doubt or anguish.

The message and illustration below are not from his book but from the wall of The Black Dog Deli in Walberswick, Suffolk, which is owned by Charlie’s friends. It references the pandemic but is also a message of comfort to anyone going through troubled times.

Here we explore some of the new things we face as we grow older:

  1. Providing care

  2. How to get a reluctant parent to sign a power of attorney (PoA)

  3. Introducing care to a defiant parent

  4. How to write and read a eulogy

  5. The Bookcase - a tale of Alzheimer’s.