Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
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 …
There are plenty of experiences in caregiving that make you humble. Stretching yourself to meet demands that seem impossible, surprise you by becoming successes much more often than you ever thought possible. With a number of these impossible tasks under your belt, it is entirely conceivable to adopt a been-there-and done-that attitude. What is the …
“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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