Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
“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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Even when we are not channeling some form of perfectionism, we don’t like being wrong. As in early days as students receiving graded papers from the teacher, we always hope that the grade is going to be a good one, but we know that it can be a poor grade also. We know what we …
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For anyone who has been transformed by a caregiving experience, there is a discovery process about the subtle (and not subtle!) changes that occur in our personalities that extend out to our personal relationships. The role reversals and the wholehearted pushes to move outside of our comfort zone that result in altering not just who …
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I once figured that my parents would just become part of my history as I grew older, having learned what I could from them while growing up. It would then be up to me to head out and make my own way in the world. I was only half right. Remembering or Pondering? Photo by …
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