As a caregiver, you might be asking yourself, “Why write my caregiving stories?” I can think of several reasons that writing them would be good and fun. The first is to keep a record. All caregivers know that part of caregiving is keeping track of medications, treatments (changing dressings, taking blood pressures), doctors’ appointments, lab …
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Caregivers Write Your Stories (#1)
So, you’ve thought about writing your stories, but you certainly don’t have time. And you have no idea how to start anyway. Excuses. Last Wednesday at the Palos Heights Public Library (IL), participants in Caregivers Share Your Story learned they could start writing their stories in only ten minutes. Caregivers can include all of us–we …
Caregivers Share Your Stories
Calling all caregivers. At one time or another, each of us has cared for a loved one or paid special attention to ourselves. Nurses Week is next week, an appropriate time for a program at Palos Heights Library that honors all caregivers. ~~~ From the library's newsletter: Caregivers Share Your Stories - Wednesday, May 9 …
“Got drugs?”
Clean out your medicine cabinets. Dispose of your unwanted or expired medications safely. Take part in the DEA's take-back program tomorrow, Saturday. Here's the information: April 28, 2012 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day which will take place on Saturday, April 28, 2012, …
Caring Lessons is “not just for nurses!” (a letter from a new friend in Lafayette, LA)
Lois, I was the single woman at [your grandniece's] wedding last fall. You sat at my table. As a 65-year-old, I quickly find a place to sit rather than stand in high-heels. I enjoyed our visit at the restaurant. When [your niece] gave me your book to read, I was quite impressed. I loved it! …
Writing as a Ministry
One day I was lamenting that I wasn't giving of myself like I used to do when I was teaching nursing. I felt pretty self-centered spending much of my day sequestered in my study. It was Amy, my volunteer publicist, that corrected me: "You're writing is your ministry now." Writing as my ministry. I'd never …
Caring Lessons – Blog Tour Over – What Next?
I'm finished, " I announced to my husband late last week. Always appearing a bit skeptical when I make such announcements, he said, "With me, or what?" Of course, I had to say not with him, not with our fiftieth wedding anniversary coming up--I mean why would I trade down when we have a good …
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Review: Mary Osborne’s “Nonna’s Book of Mysteries”
What were you doing when you were fourteen? Planning a wedding? I thought not. When I was fourteen, I was in the ninth grade and just beginning to get interested in boys. Living near a grove dense with pine trees, my neighbor friends and I would nestle down on a carpet of pine needles and …
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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Final Stop
"You don't need to be in the health care industry or education to like it," writes Becky Povich, the tour host for this last stop, in her short and sweet review of Caring Lessons: A Professor's Journey of Faith and Self. Last week Wednesday, I introduced you to Becky's blog, her prolific writing, and her …
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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #13 – More about Mental Ilness
Chynna Laird gets it. She understands my passion for nursing and mental health nursing. In fact, it is her passion to help children and families living with special needs, "especially those living with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and bipolar disorder." Chynna is the tour host today for Caring Lessons. I can tell she "gets it" …
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