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 …
In a caregiving relationship, there is more to the story than just helping another person with their problems. There is an intimacy between people that comes with this sort of relationship and there is something more. There is that ominous something else in the room. Something only glimpsed out of the corner of the eye. …
When I lost my dad, I had plenty of warning. His decline over the preceding years. The hospitalizations, Assisted Living, his mental decline, and family dramas all clearly pointed to his exit. Yet when the time came, I felt hollow and bereft. The grieving process had begun, and I was starting at square one once …
Family relationships come in only one format: complicated. There are some common themes that we can share amongst ourselves. An unwieldy healthcare system and certain inevitabilities of aging that connect us together. Each relationship still retains a uniqueness that takes us into uncharted psychic and emotional waters. Real Life 101. Developing our own balance appears …
Dad's Back 