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A “One of a Kind Lady”: Profile of Genevieve (Paquet) Roach 1913—1992

Jul 15th, 2009 | By Elizabeth Roach | Category: Uncategorized

It is with great pride and pleasure that I introduce you to Genevieve (Paquet) Roach (1913-1992), my late mother-in-law. On any given day, you could enter Gen’s kitchen and see pots boiling on the stove, biscuits in the oven, bread cooling on the racks, a washing machine and clothes dryer going, and Gen hunched over a sewing machine, lips pursed in concentration, a cigarette burning down in an ashtray nearby, a TV blasting loudly in the living room.

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Menopause: Still in the Closet

Feb 15th, 2007 | By Elizabeth Roach | Category: Health

“I’m still hot, only now it comes in flashes”

An Uncertain Time

I was in my late forties when I first began experiencing what I would soon learn to be perimenopause—the phase before menopause actually takes place. In perimenopause, ovarian hormone production fluctuates, causing a host of symptoms. I had no sweet clue as to what was [...]

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