When I was a child, the harshest admonition my father could ever invoke was that he was disappointed in me. No amount of threats, groundings, or other punishments could carry the weight of his disappointment.
Growing Up With Disappointment
The Long Disconnect
After all of the soul searching, evaluation, and deep thought, I arrived right back at forgiveness. Right where all of this caregiving started.
Letting Go Makes All the Difference
Getting a handle on things. We are good at that. Solve the problem. Implement the solution. Done and dusted. So what happens when problem solving eludes us? Things are spiraling out of our control and out of our grasp. We just… can’t… quite… make it turn out right… A New Problem or an Old One? …
Take a Different Caregiving View
Perspective is often the difference between just another day and one that is running off of the rails. With caregiving responsibilities foremost, we need to look at how we do things every once in a while and see if some things can be upgraded a bit. For me, taking a fresh look means sometimes literally …
Dad's Back 