My health is bad and I get it.  I haven't taken care of myself over the last 8 years of caregiver.  The Before I look good and the After I look horrendous.  The season has been unbelievable difficult with extenuating circumstances beyond just caregiving. But then I...

The other day at the bank I couldn't figure out how to get out the door.  It wouldn't do the automatic open thing.  It was a small thing and it had no automatic doors.  I asked the people how to get out of the door.  "Push!" they said. I'm sure I'm their laughingstock...

I just saw a news article of those fleeing the shelling in Ukraine.  They drive and when they run out of gas, they walk.  I read stories of people pushing their elderly loved ones  in wheelchairs through mud in freezing temperatures.  Agh!!!  Pray for them.

With both my loved one's legs out of commission at this point, it means getting in and out of the car isn't happening.  "Use a slide board" the uninitiated will say.  But that requires a level of cognition and participation on the part of the person sliding.  With the...

Yesterday I saw a news article in the front page of our local news about a homeless man.  He was an older gentleman and his story piqued my interest.  He had once had a job, a house, a car and pretty much all that he needed.  But then he had a stroke.  It put him in a...

I think of her death-yet-to-come every day.  Not that I want to, it's just that it's a reality.  I don't look forward to it.