I attended a memorial service recently at my church. It was the first time I had attended a church “service” there in three years. The last time I was there, I was rehearsing for our Christmas drama and had one of the lead roles. We were in the final weeks before the production and I […]
Christmas is a wonderful time of year, full of fun, excitement, and family gatherings. For weeks beforehand, I spend time decorating, planning, anticipating the good times, and envisioning the perfect holiday. Like so many dreams, reality is rarely the picture-perfect vision that I have in my head. That is particularly true now that MS is
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Dear Lord, I don’t know why you do the things that you do or why you let happen the things that you choose. I’ve often doubted your wisdom and resented your ways; not willing to accept what I was facing that day. Like when I was a young and my friends turned away, I was
Thus, the week before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring; not even my spouse A small Christmas tree had been placed on a stand So he could “see” Christmas from his power wheelchair The last of our children this past year had been wed So, most of my parenting worries
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I love Christmas. I’m sure I’m not alone when I say it’s my favorite time of year. I love the excitement, the beauty, and especially the meaning….but it IS a lot of work. The reason I did not write a blog last week is that I was busy decorating for Christmas. You see, I must
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I’m ashamed to say that I often use this blog to vent. When I’m tired and discouraged, I find it therapeutic to talk it through on this blog and know that there are those out there who have gone through the same things or are experiencing them now, and that helps to know I am
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I read an interesting article on the Caregiver Space this week, which has led me to think a lot about taking care of myself and why I don’t. The article was called “6 Reasons Why Caregivers Don’t Self-Care (the way you’re telling us to)” http://www.thecaregiverspace.org/blog/6-reasons-caregivers-dont-self-care-way-youre-telling-us/ It got right to the heart of why; at least
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I love to read. Since I was a small girl, I’ve taken a book with me everywhere I go. If there was the possibility that I might have waiting time, I had my book ready and waiting to spare me from any boredom as I was taken into the world of “whatever” for the few minutes
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I often complain about how picky I think Lynn is. One of my greatest frustrations is how much effort it takes to get something right for him. It has to be “just so” before we can stop fiddling with whatever it is. I’ve always thought that it was just because he was picky
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I’ve discovered that many people who have never been caregivers just don’t get what it really means to be a caregiver. They make many bad assumptions that sometimes cause us to hurt. I had an example of that this week. On Friday, I received an email from my former sister-in-law. She was “outraged” by something
Looking outside, I see some new orange and yellow colors where last week I saw green. There is a sporadic fluttering of leaves cascading in front of the window on their way to cover my yard. The air is crisp causing me to need to turn on the heat this morning so Lynn would not
My daughter approached me during our vacation and asked if I would be interested in speeding the day with her “escaping” from our caregiving responsibilities and just doing what we wanted to do. She knew I usually worked on the weekends but thought I should take a break and do something just for myself. She
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