The Traveling Caregiver

This summer my family and I took a vacation. We were celebrating our son’s high school graduation and my husband’s birthday. My husband has Mild Cognitive Impairment. Traveling has definitely changed since the days when his health was good and it changes from year to...

Finding YOUR Zen

When you are a caregiver, people tell you take care of yourself. You hear it so often that you think you might fight the urge to scream the next time you hear it. You are also told to relax and be less stressed. This is good advice for anyone but it isn’t always easy...

It’s Party Time!

June seems to be the start of a busy few months of parties and celebrations. There are graduations, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and Father’s Day. All of these events can keep a person very busy with purchasing gifts, making travel arrangements, deciding what to...

Losing Yourself In a Daisy

I don’t think anyone has written—or could ever write—a book entitled “Caregiving Can Be Fun!” It’s damned hard work, that’s both emotionally draining and rewarding. The best some of us can hope for is a person who’s good tempered and appreciative of your efforts....

WHAT IF?

What have I done? As if I was the only one that had anything to do with it. The diagnosis was Stage 1A lung cancer; the prescribed treatment was to remove the center lobe of the right side and in a few months go back and remove a few little pieces on the left side....