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 …
When Death Smiled and I Smiled Back
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. …
Adjusting Focus: Life Through a Caregiver Lens
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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Built To Be Resilient
If caregiving teaches us nothing else, it is that each and everyone of us is capable of being resilient. That ability to weather whatever Life has to serve up and come back smiling. In a very real sense, the recent pandemic has provided just such a caregiving challenge. As with any such a challenge, it …
