Yup, that’s exactly how you feel. Forget sucking it up! Try some real tips and tools based in lived experience so you stop feeling like a burnt-out triple-decker grilled cheese sandwich. Your courageous advocate Carol-Ann says it like it is. And that’s no bologna!
Indeed, my three-year odyssey has offered countless opportunities to introspect upon my intentions at various phases – for better or worse.
Having just passed the 2010 anniversary of my mother’s passing and marching inevitably toward the 2012 anniversary of my father’s transition, I acknowledge my ulterior motivesRead More
At work, have you ever noticed that how your “day” begins is exactly how the balance unfurls? Start out crappy, end up lousy. It’s vice versa for setting off on a positive note.
This tenet is never more accurate than whenRead More
Were those last reflections concerning Laughter, Openness and Vibration helpful? I hope so!
For sure, I can confirm it became increasingly important toRead More
How did you make out with your journal recording? Did generating a range of perspectives on your aging folks serve you?
You will recall my lack of shame in confessing an initial list containing some rather derogatory descriptors. In my shoes, you’d see why. Eventually,Read More
For certain, anyone with Un-cope-able Parents knows those two seem to possess infinite power to reduce their adult children into quivering “tots” within nanoseconds. That is, unless you Read More
Consider that four-year-olds apparently laugh fifty times daily, while the typical adult guffaws only fifteen.
Now, anyone with infinitely-challenging elderly parents in the throes of drudgery would understandably scream the toil is no light-hearted matter! Including me!
My point is,Read More
Now, this next LOVING Attitude I call Openness is a tricky balancing act.
In the Oxford English Reference Dictionary, the word open and its extensions have these following connotations: not closed or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage; accessible to new ideas and unprejudiced. In a person, it can mean frank and communicative.
Now, I’m by no means Read More
Re-reading that extensive laundry list of A to Z strategies proven not to work with the obstinate aged boggles my mind. Good Heavens! Was I once naïve enough to believe Read More
Can you instantly identify these naïve questions as well-intended wisdom that unfortunately contributes nothing to alter yourRead More
