Posted in Health Care on Sep 24th, 2010
One question I faced after Mom died was how to dispose of her remaining prescription medications. There were baskets-full, many of them pain killers. With two young children at home, I wanted them out of the house quickly for safety reasons. After trying to return them to my local pharmacy unsuccessfully, I looked onto other [...]
Posted in Health Care on Jul 23rd, 2010
I am inspired. I recently learned about an organization based in Chicago but providing help around the globe to cancer patients and their caregivers, called Imerman Angels. Imerman Angels managers a database of volunteers to match the patients with cancer survivors and new caregivers with experienced caregivers for a listening ear, ideas and support, in other [...]
Posted in Health Care, Specifically for Moms, Uncategorized, Womens' Issues on Jun 27th, 2010
I just finished reading The Craggy Hole in My Heart and the Cat Who Fixed It, by Geneen Roth. This is a must-read for anyone struggling with love and loss, who loves animals (cats especially), or wants to be inspired. Ms. Roth found a way for her cat not only to transform her into a person [...]
Posted in Health Care, Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2010
I was just connected to a blog written by a friend of a friend of mine, a gentleman who has just been thrust (as we all are, when it is our turn) into the caretaker role for his parents. Both have recently been diagnosed with illnesses requiring focused care. I recommend reading his blog, titled A Very [...]
Posted in Health Care, Specifically for Moms, Womens' Issues on May 17th, 2010
One thing that I’ve learned about grief in the 8 months (has it really been 8 months?) since my Mom died is that sometimes my grief experience has been obvious, and sometimes it’s been invisible. It can come out in ways I might not have imagined a year ago. Irritability. Judgment. Even in seemingly happy [...]
Posted in Health Care, Womens' Issues on Apr 6th, 2010
On March 27, 2010, the Wall Street Journal covered the topic of siblings in caregiving roles. The reporter interviewed me for the article, and my sister as well. You can find the article here. Being interviewed on this topic required me to revisit in some detail the manner in which Melanie and I worked together to [...]
Posted in Health Care on Mar 18th, 2010
Somewhere recently, and I can’t recall where, I read the phrase “audacious hope”. According to the Encarta English Dictionary, “audacious” means “bold, daring, or fearless, especially in challenging assumptions or conventions.” Audacious hope. I suppose then that phrase means: bold hope, daring hope, fearless hope. And if that is the case, then I am reminded [...]
Posted in Health Care, Womens' Issues on Mar 3rd, 2010
In my family, we think and talk a lot about what caregiving means, and what being in the “sandwich generation” means. Since my dear spouse and I do not yet have children, we aren’t technically in the sandwich generation like my sister Amie is… but we have still ended up being primary and tertiary caregivers [...]
Posted in Health Care, Specifically for Moms, Womens' Issues on Dec 15th, 2009
I am returning to my blog after a self-imposed break spent both grieving my Mom’s death and the immediate issues that surround that life change as well as trying to get back to some kind of normal routine. For those in the Sandwich Generation (SG), finding time to process this inevitable transition will prove to [...]
Posted in Health Care, Womens' Issues on Sep 2nd, 2009
Tips on keeping your marriage alive when serving as a caregiver.
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