Photo by Wheels It was dark with a bit of early light peeking under the window covering. The cat leapt from his position at the foot of the bed, stirring me to awareness. Wheels gets the middle of the bed by design. I sleep in a three foot corridor on one side of the […]
Wheels Understood
Wheels on vacation, wearing his favorite college football team name on his cap, is, standing beside the wheels of the Union Pacific Big Boy railroad engine, several years before diagnosis of PPA/FTD. I call him Wheels here. He spent his entire life working with wheeled vehicles – the bigger the better! Taking them apart and […]
Caregivers can deal with strong emotions
Grief in caregiving
Grief is a part of caregiving. Grief is part of the reason that caregiving is so hard. I think it important that we acknowledge that right from the beginning. No matter the diagnosis. No matter if the illness is terminal with end in sight, long term for the rest of life or short term […]
Words for every caregiver – you are enough!
Most Trusted Person
While on vacation with my parents, we decided to walk through a Hobby Lobby one night after dinner. It had been raining lightly all day so we didn’t spend the day walking parks or museums like we had planned. Mom wasn’t feeling […]