Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
I have posted about loss before, as it concerns family and caregiving. Loss of personhood of a loved one due to the ravages of dementia. Loss of who we, the caregivers, were before the demands of the job changed us. There is also the ultimate loss to death that we know approaches but work so …
Caregiving is great at pointing out the impermanence of things… whether you were interested in being confronted with such lessons or not. Lots of things have endings. Movies, meals, and books all have finite boundaries that we accept when beginning any of them. Seeking out the adventures contained within such activities provides us with the …
Parents are complicated. When they are alive, they provide their offspring with plenty of challenges to help shape the persons they will become. For those children paying attention, parents can also give life lessons to their descendants after they have gone. I was organizing some music the other day and came across the above titled …
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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 …
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