Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
Insights from our worlds of caregiving can get started by the funniest things. The idea of healing oneself by helping others has been rattling around in my mind for years, but this social media meme started me pursuing the thought. Maybe it was not just me seeing the connection. The Quiet Side Introspection and I …
Being a caregiver sometimes provides a limited view on getting older. Whether it is our elders getting older or ourselves, the realities of aging catches up with all of us. Being a “preacher’s kid” often placed me in communities of older individuals. I developed some useful social skills through chatting with the local grandparents as …
There are a lot of working parts in any caregiving arrangement. Underlying the errand running, meal preparations, doctors visits, and the million other little things, there is trust. Trust that we love the person. Trust that we will be there tomorrow to do it all again. Trust. Since caregiving relationships are also replete with paradoxes, …
Caregivers come in all varieties. Industry managers to homebodies, we are a very diverse group. I like to think that this is due to common natural aging processes that prompt a need for care. Old age and infirmity do not discriminate. One of our common traits is our dedication to tasks at hand. Yes, we …
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