Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
I wrote myself a note. “Where did the stories of courage go?” After over 2 years of being distracted by the spread of fear by our leadership and media, the motivations of those speakers are now becoming clear to see. The caregiving experience puts our feet squarely on the ground, for the most part. We …
Life has been quite a ride lately. From a pandemic to abuses of public trust, we have all been through a lot. Little bits of “normal” have been thankfully creeping back in. Taking a quick inventory of how people are interacting in this new version of “normal" has been enlightening, however. So many things have …
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Arguments may not be the first thing you think of when caring for a loved one, but it is one of those really, really useful skills we develop along the way. In fact, we get pretty good at it, whether we intended to or not. I can hear many of you cutting straight to denial …
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 …
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