My husband and I were alone with the doctor in the hospital playroom when she gave us the news about our six month-old baby son. “Never be normal” are the words I recall. I also remember “generalized cerebral atrophy.” I felt a strange, out of body sensation as time and
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: The Red Book That Is So Wonderful
There’s a red book that’s been sitting on my desk for months. It’s one of many that have been sent to me for book reviews. That pile got smaller recently when I came to the cottage for a summer break of reading and relaxing. I wish I had read this
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The new paperback edition of my book, “The Four Walls of My Freedom: Lessons I’ve Learned From a Life of Caregiving” (The House of Anansi Press, 2014) is available as of today in the USA at all major booksellers! Here’s a short interview that aired a few months ago on
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Just Breathing vs A Good Life
Yesterday I tuned in to a podcast about a new model of care in Australia. Initially I thought I might be able to double-task by writing some easy emails while listening. But almost immediately, I abandoned that idea and grabbed paper and pen instead. I needed to remember everything about
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