Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: On Support — 10/27/10
If you having trouble viewing this video, click here. “I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” ~ Pablo Casals If you are a caregiver . . . deep gratitude for caring so much about the welfare of your care partner. If you know a caregiver who may [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: On Starting Again — 10/13/10
“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” ~ Louis L’Amour Everything connected with your loved one’s care is going along smoothly, your care recipient’s needs are all met and your caregiving “work” is finished. Then your loved one declines further via the aging process or perhaps [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: On Legacy — 3/25/10
“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines legacy as “something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past.” Perhaps due to the fact that the one year anniversary of my mom’s death [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: Every Caregiver’s Journey — 3/10/10
Every caregiver takes the same path I did — from denial . . . to acceptance . . . to overcoming whatever the unique caregiving challenges are. I have walked in your shoes. You are not alone! Here are some of my favorite quotes to help you on each part of this journey. DENIAL It’s [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers — 1/27/10: On Regrets
Publicly sharing a true confession earlier this week got me thinking about regrets I have as a family caregiver. Looking back, there are definitely some things I would have done differently while caring for Mom and Dad. They’re hard to acknowledge, and I am very sad when I think about them. I wanted so much [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: On Patience — 1/13/10
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. ~ C. S. Lewis ************************* Patience and fortitude conquer all things. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************* The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. [...]
Seasons Greetings from Tender Loving Eldercare
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. ~ Oren Arnold (1900-1980) No matter where you live, whether it’s warm, cold, snowing or raining outside, I hope you will get cozy [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers — 12/2/09
Please watch at least the first two minutes of the following inspiring video. The quality of the film isn’t super sharp, but the message is clear as a bell! If you have trouble viewing the above, please click here. When I dance, I cannot judge, I cannot hate, I cannot separate myself from life. I [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers — 11/25/09
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity . . . Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~ Melody Beattie At this time of gratitude and reflection, [...]
I’m Proud to be Blogging for a Cause
I’m excited to share this blogging project with everyone here at TLeC and beyond! Two bloggers, Lance Ekum and Joanna Sutter, teamed up to create a very special e-book and in doing so make a difference in the world. They asked writers worldwide to contribute articles to their unique and on line vision of a [...]
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