EXTREME Caregiving: Balance? HA!
Ah the joys of blogging. Once I publish, again there is a drastic change. At times I feel as if my sanity has left the building. If I did not have this blog to see the constant change I think I would...
View ArticleEXTREME Caregiving: Holding Pattern
It has come to the point in my SIL’s care that this time she will not bounce back as we had hoped. Hospice has increased to daily This is comfort care and we have decided we will keep her home, where...
View ArticleEXTREME Caregiving: Our Journey Has Reached Conclusion
Sunlight was still streaming through the window and I sat on the bed across from my sister-in-law one last time. I held her hand as she drew her final breath. For her, everything had always been a...
View ArticleThe Last Days of My Caregiving Experience
Hospice is a wonderful service. It gave my sister-in-law time without the hospitals poking and prodding her when there was nothing left to be done. She got the right amount of care she needed at this...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: Peaceful Transitions
I must state first off all SIL was just that, my sister-in-law. She was not my parent nor spouse though we did love her very much, it is not the same as losing one’s parent or spouse. We are having...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: Adjusting
Even reading previous blogs of mine, I can’t beleve how everything changed so quickly. I was certain the week she got her reassessment March 12 we’d have to do it again in June. Even her nurses thought...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: Figuring Things Out
Today I went on a MS walk to support my aunt, she’s just a year older than I , she married my uncle and she’s not only my aunt by marriage but a dear friend. On this walk I met a childhood friend of...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: The Cycle of Life
When my 12-year-old nephew learned of SI’s passing, he took it upon himself to call me. He said, “Auntie, I heard aunt passed away, I’m sorry, but I also heard we’re getting a new baby cousin. So when...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: A Sweet Farewell
After a month of full blown spring, a wet and chilly day seemed appropriate. The skies have been grey in Southern California the last few days. But it’s not so unusual because our local citrus fair is...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: Wasted Opportunities
Yesterday, SIL ashes were released exactly how she wanted, her guy friend Kim said: “Memorial Day morning, what ashes flew, flew when a eagle sores over at the last release what ashes stayed, now...
View ArticleAfter Extreme Caregiving: A Year Later
I miss my SIL. In the year plus since she passed, my life has been constant activity, and really I didn’t have time to grieve. Avoidance! My home had a slab leak and we had four full months of...
View ArticleEXTREME Caregiving: Holding Pattern
It has come to the point in my SIL’s care that this time she will not bounce back as we had hoped. Hospice has increased to daily This is comfort care and we have decided we will keep her home, ......
View ArticleEXTREME Caregiving: Our Journey Has Reached Conclusion
Sunlight was still streaming through the window and I sat on the bed across from my sister-in-law one last time. I held her hand as she drew her final breath. For her, everything had always been a...
View ArticleThe Last Days of My Caregiving Experience
Hospice is a wonderful service. It gave my sister-in-law time without the hospitals poking and prodding her when there was nothing left to be done. She got the right amount of care she needed at this...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: Peaceful Transitions
I must state first off all SIL was just that, my sister-in-law. She was not my parent nor spouse though we did love her very much, it is not the same as losing one’s parent or spouse. We are having ......
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: Adjusting
Even reading previous blogs of mine, I can’t beleve how everything changed so quickly. I was certain the week she got her reassessment March 12 we’d have to do it again in June. Even her nurses thought...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: Figuring Things Out
Today I went on a MS walk to support my aunt, she’s just a year older than I , she married my uncle and she’s not only my aunt by marriage but a dear friend. On this walk I met ... Read more
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: The Cycle of Life
When my 12-year-old nephew learned of SI’s passing, he took it upon himself to call me. He said, “Auntie, I heard aunt passed away, I’m sorry, but I also heard we’re getting a new baby cousin. So when...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: A Sweet Farewell
After a month of full blown spring, a wet and chilly day seemed appropriate. The skies have been grey in Southern California the last few days. But it’s not so unusual because our local citrus fair is...
View ArticleAfter EXTREME Caregiving: Wasted Opportunities
Yesterday, SIL ashes were released exactly how she wanted, her guy friend Kim said: “Memorial Day morning, what ashes flew, flew when a eagle sores over at the last release what ashes stayed, now...
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