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 …
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 …
The loss of any person whom we have known for years, is understandably traumatic. The loss of what it means to be that person while they are still alive is especially hard. Context is everything in our relationships with one another. Dementia is cruel to the sufferer, as well as to those around them. With …
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 …
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