Stories from My Past
I wrote the following poem based on an event that happened while Lynn was a patient in the hospital. I
What’s to Come One of the joys of having a progressive disease is that everything changes. Just as you adjust
For the most part, our home life is fairly stable, meaning we have the same things happening daily. We have
Every time Lynn starts acting differently for several days in a row, I wonder if it means there’s some new
I admit my life is very busy and very difficult. I also admit I manage it pretty well, but just
I always have guilt feelings when I write about any negative emotions I feel in being a caregiver, but the
There are many responsibilities and consequences of being a caregiver that I don’t like, things I would prefer not to
Often, when I meet someone who has just become a caregiver, they ask me how I do it; “How do
I’m sure you have heard others reference the saying, “Turn lemons into lemonade.” It implies taking something bad and
Someone recently asked me if I had ever written about how we adapted to Lynn’s loss of function in his
In the past month, I have been taken to the emergency room twice with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. Each
About this time last week, I was experiencing discomfort in my abdomen. As the hours progressed, the pain got worse