Spousal Care Giving

I found this to be very helpful. Even if your spouse has mild cognitive decline, as mine does, and not dementia, reading this may help you as it did me.... Dementia Behavior Can Seem Like Manip...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2014/03/manipulation.html

I thought about this song today..... "deep inside this armor, the warrior is a child." To all my fellow warriors. The Warrior is a Child

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2014/03/remember-this.html

I am thinking of blogging some thoughts on caregiving again. I'm sorry I've been away for so long, and I thought perhaps you might be interested in the changes that have taken place in our lives...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2014/03/tip-toeing-back.html

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowd shou...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2014/02/if-suffering-brings-wisdom-i-would-wish.html

Dear Hubby and I have been talking about me needing a break. My last overnight time away was a trip to San Antonio with my friend, to attend the Women of Faith Conference. And, that was last Octo...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/05/hoping-to-get-out.html

and we're still praying for rain. Yesterday, I was going to get out and water again, but decided I would wait since it looked like it might rain.And, yes, we got a few drops, but just enough to m...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/05/windy-day.html

He is risen!!!!

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/04/happy-easter.html

in the yard and in the sewing room. That's what I've been up to lately. Dear Younger Daughter and I are starting an herb garden. I use lots of fresh herbs when cooking, well, when I have them on...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/04/staying-busy.html

...for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5b I'm so glad that my God will never leave me or forsake me..... even in the darkest days, and loneliest nights, He is...

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Before you read this post, please watch this video. Yesterday, I hit a bit of a rough patch. Nothing major, just a couple of times rescheduling our aide, a bit of extra work, less sleep, and suc...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/04/youre-gonna-miss-this.html

I have lots to do everyday. We home school our youngest child. (The older three have graduated.) I have laundry, dishes, cleaning, organizing, cooking, meal planning, prepping for visitors, not t...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/03/getting-it-all-done.html

"God never withholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but mercies all the same. God never denies us our hea...

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I have been amazed at the transformation in my life over the past 11 years since diagnosis. I've been through denial, guilt, anger, frustration, depression, heartache, turmoil, and fear. Elisabe...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/03/grace-and-peace.html

October 1999, our family went on our annual trip to see my dad in Arkansas. Each year since our children were babies, we drove 400 miles to see the changing of the leaves. We would visit my dad a...

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If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/03/emily-dickinson.html

One thing about the care giving life that is SO difficult is finding balance. I have tendency to fixate on things. I fixate on: care giving activities computer time sewing cooking organizing vi...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/03/keeping-it-in-balance.html

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Our younger son, who still lives at home has been running a fever since Friday. He went to the "Ready Clinic" on Saturday, to get a doctor's excuse to miss work. He has to be back at work on Tues...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/03/too-many-sickies.html

We've seen them over the past few weeks. My sweet husband is slowly loosing use of his hands. He's been needing help with feeding toward the end of the meal for about a year or so. But lately, he...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/03/progressions.html

It's something all caregivers deal with. We're a guilty lot. "I'm not doing enough." "I'm not doing it right." "I should have...." This week, I took my youngest daughter to see my sister and ...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/02/misplaced-guilt.html

Sometimes I forget things. I forget where I placed my cell phone. Or my van keys. Sometimes I loose important papers and go on a mad hunt for them. I've forgotten my friend's birthdays. I've forg...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/02/forgetting.html

It's been a while since I posted here, I know. And, I've asked myself why. Perhaps I'm just too busy? No, not really. I have time to do what I need to do and then spare time to do some of the th...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2011/02/still-here.html

"SO WHEN THE DEVIL THROWS YOUR SINS IN YOUR FACE, AND DECLARES THAT YOU DESERVE DEATH AND HELL, TELL HIM THIS: I ADMIT I DESERVE DEATH AND HELL, WHAT OF IT? FOR I KNOW ONE WHO SUFFERED AND MADE S...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2010/10/so-when-devil-throws-your-sins-in-your.html

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a hou...

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2010/08/gratitude-unlocks-fullness-of-life.html

"Oh no. Please don't tell me this is going to be one of those happy blog posts about "counting your blessings". Seriously? Don't you understand my life???" Believe me, I do understand your life....

http://spousalcare.blogspot.com/2010/08/counting-your-blessings.html