Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
Sometimes personal growth comes from caregiving. Sometimes this growth is from the effects of loss.And sometimes it is just all of the above. We’ve all had our heroes. Attitudes and personality traits that I once admired in my childhood mentors have been coming back to me in funny ways. Those role models all had a …
To say we are unchanged by caregiving events is to deny an essential part of what it is to be human. We grow from events until the day we die.
So yes, caregiving changes many things – not least of which is where you think you are going. Disappointments are just part of the trip, not a destination.
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