Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
Your sense of humor is by far the strongest skill you bring to your care-giving. It diffuses stressful situations, brightens another person's day, and it reminds you that you really aren't superman/woman when you keep thinking you should be.
Loss is inevitable. We give up things so we can grow.As caregivers we learn to let go of things and persons that we have become intrinsically attached to over much of our lifetime. It feels like we’re doing it all wrong but we’re not.
Do-overs. That childhood name for all of those things or situations we really wished had turned out differently. Somehow we never entirely give up on the concept, even though we intellectually come to understand other realities as we grow into adulthood. With the passing of family to whom I had been a caregiver, I find …
One of the things discovered about care-giving is its unrelenting nature. There never seems to be that proverbial "minute of peace". We are either doing or thinking/planning about doing. The funny thing though, is there are actually moments tucked up into this scenario that can act as a mini-vacation from the work at hand, and …
Dad's Back 