Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
As election years go, this one has been a doozy for fanciful arguments. The attraction that politics exerts on people has always been a bit of a mystery to me. This year, however, the practical and pragmatic caregiver in me has been poked and irritated. Perhaps it was the defiance of logic by leaders that …
Engagement of crisis is a behavioral trait that often defines what it is to be a caregiver. While we may be a collection of insecurities on the inside, we willingly step into uncertain situations. To this day, I am not sure where this intrinsic motivation comes from, but we get things done when a sensible …
Like many children of a certain era, I was one of the designated channel changers for our family television set. (An early version of the TV remote control.) Jump forward a few years, and I had become the family IT person for programming VCR’s. Then home computing became a reality and I followed that flow …
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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