We dream at night. Why can’t we also dream during the day? Why can’t we dream of the life we want? Why bother, you may say, my dreams will never come true. They can’t come true during caregiving. Maybe. And, maybe not. Dream: You stand your ground with grace and self-respect with those who would [...]
Music seems quite miraculous. Often, our memories can be tied to a song. We hear a certain song and we’re transformed to another decade, a different life, a younger self. When we hear a snappy tune, we tap our feet, sway our head, snap our fingers. And, singing a favorite song feels like the best [...]
Our vegetable and flower gardens need our regular touch for watering, pruning and weeding. That combination of nurturing and eliminating keeps the garden healthy. Our emotional gardens also need our on-going handiwork. On a regular basis, we can reflect on how well the individuals and relationships in our life work. Do they still support us? [...]
We hope that our tomorrows will be bright and giving and fulfilling. Sometimes, those tomorrows, the tomorrows we hope for, can seem years away. And, that can make it hard to look forward to the true tomorrow, the day after today. In caregiving, the chance that tomorrow will bring heartache, or finality, or yet another [...]
In the warm weather, it’s wonderful to feel like outside is a wonderful alternative. Often, it offers a welcome reprieve. You can go outside to take a walk, to sit in the backyard, to enjoy nature’s blooms. In a caregiving role, though, you can feel like you’re often on the outside. You may feel on [...]
We think of inheritance as a sum of money given after death. Inheritance is bigger, and more important, than that. Every day, we have an opportunity to be on the giving and receiving side of an inheritance. We receive an inheritance when we take time to listen to another’s story. And, we really listen when [...]
I love the word “wave” because it has so many purposes. We wave hello and good-bye. The ocean greets land with its own wave of white foam. And, at sporting events, we coordinate timing of our arms and bodies in order to create a stadium-wide wave. In caregiving, we also can wave. We can wave [...]
Do you feel sometimes that you sit on a lawn chair as the parade of life passes you by? You watch as the floats roll by: Retirement, Vacations, Carefree Days, Saturday Night Dates. The worst to watch, though, are the ones that seem to make up an easier life: Guilt-Free, Stress-Free, Worry-Free. Rather than watching [...]
It’s Fireworks Season. We shoot off fireworks as a symbol of our gratefulness for living where we freely build a live for ourselves and our family. How can you set off your fireworks in honor of all that you embrace? You don’t have to wait for dark to light your sparklers. Your fireworks may be [...]
Today is the first day of summer. What will be a first for you today? Perhaps this will be the first day you consider your priorities and then put boundaries in place to protect those priorities. Maybe this is the first day you decide that sadness and happiness can coincide within a day, that sadness [...]
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