Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
In case you have not tried it, writing about caregiving experiences can be very therapeutic. Whether viewing events in life’s rear-view mirror or swimming chest deep in the caregiving experience, writing lays out a lot of the details for the writer to reflect upon. You will discover some especially cool “a-ha’s” along the way that …
Life has been quite a ride lately. From a pandemic to abuses of public trust, we have all been through a lot. Little bits of “normal” have been thankfully creeping back in. Taking a quick inventory of how people are interacting in this new version of “normal" has been enlightening, however. So many things have …
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If caregiving teaches us nothing else, it is that each and everyone of us is capable of being resilient. That ability to weather whatever Life has to serve up and come back smiling. In a very real sense, the recent pandemic has provided just such a caregiving challenge. As with any such a challenge, it …
“I haven’t felt normal for over two years now. I’m not sure if I still know how…” her voice trailed off. Even though striking up a conversation with a stranger in line at the grocery store is not a particularly unique occurrence, this vulnerability from a stranger was new. The events of the past few …
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