The other day, my caregiver best-friend-forever Rose and I were chatting online about the essential truths of caregiving. Rose has been a caregiver for 47 (yes, 47) years. I have been caring for the past 30 years. This is our list of essential truths. BUT this is a LIVING list and
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Lessons I Learned About Happiness as a Disability Parent
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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This video got me thinking about how I have lied to my loved ones. I lied to Nicholas when I said it would be alright after his hip surgery (the truth is, I had no idea.. and in the end, it wasn’t alright). I lied to Nick and to my
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