Humour and Hills
I try to ride my bike as often as I can. It’s good for my health, it’s great for my sanity. However, this summer I’m fairly certain that my bike is out to get me. It reminds me a lot of long lost...
View ArticleReach Out
I have found over the years that caregiving can feel like an incredibly lonely experience. Before Mike got really sick we were social people who enjoyed having people over for a Saturday dinner party...
View ArticleOscargal the Grouch
Let’s face it. I’m grouchy today. I try not to be grouchy because I can’t even deal with myself when I am let alone having someone else have to deal with me. Christmas went well. We didn’t have to...
View ArticleMy Hope for 2015
I gave up on New Years resolutions years ago. Let’s face it, in the daily situations that Mike and I face we’re lucky to plan a day in advance let alone a year! I do, however, hold on to hope for the...
View ArticleBecause I Care
I am not a caregiver for my parents, but it doesn’t mean I don’t care for them. Most of you know that I am a caregiver to my husband, but lately it seems my parents are slowly falling under my...
View ArticleStar Alignment
It has been a long time since I’ve taken the time to write here. Mike has been fighting cellulitis infections about once a month on an all too familiar basis, my parents sold their house and moved...
View ArticleCan You Come Look At This?
At this point in my journey, there are very few phrases that worry me. The fact that I don’t have kids probably helps. However, whenever Mike says “Hun, can you come look at this?” I get a knot in the...
View ArticleI’m Not Passing the Course
I’m having a bad day. There I said it. I feel like I’m failing at caregiving lately. Mike left a week ago Saturday to go on a week-long hunting trip with his buddies. He made it to Tuesday of last...
View ArticleWavering Faith
Last night in chat I got in to a fight with my tablet and mis-typed “spinal issues.” It auto corrected to “spiritual issues.” It was funny but it got us talking about spiritual issues we encounter in...
View ArticleCaregiving Dance: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Things were going so well, until they weren’t. Isn’t that the way it goes it seems? Mike has been having a great few months other than one infection that was quickly resolved. We were able to go for...
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