Feel Good Fridays — 7/10/09
No matter what caregiving challenges you face today, take a few minutes to put your feet up and watch this joyful YouTube video. The romantic in me gives it an A++! If you have trouble viewing this video, please click here. Hat Tips to Ed Dale for Twittering about this and Armand Morin for posting [...]
I’m Temporarily Missing In Action
Hello TLeC Community, I haven’t been able to post since the end of March, but I don’t want you to worry about me. I have been out of town on a personal family matter that I’ll be writing about more next week. I’m back home now, but need some time to catch up on things, [...]
Just Abbit O’Blarney!
May your kilt be short enough to dance a jig and long enough to hide your lucky charms! Happy St. Patty’s Day!
Let’s Honor Family Caregivers with a Stamp
The National Family Caregivers Association is leading a campaign for the issuance of a U.S. postage stamp honoring family caregivers: “I respectfully request your recognition of all family caregivers in America by honoring us with a United States Postage Stamp. Family caregiver responsibilities span endless hours and reach across all boundaries of ages, demographic and [...]
25 Random Things . . . from a Family Caregiver
I was tagged on my personal Facebook profile to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits or goals about me. I thought it would be fun to do this with my family caregiver hat on and see what I could come up with for you. But I’d love to take this a step [...]
Survey Says . . .
First I want to thank all of the wonderful participants in the TLeC survey for your time, votes and many kind comments. You gave me much food for thought, and I am grateful for the honesty of your feedback. The Results The overall format of this blog won’t change radically in the coming year. I [...]
TLeC Readers: I Am Listening to You
Dear TLeC Supporters, Would you help me? During the holidays I did lots of brainstorming and planning for what direction to take this blog in 2009. Since we’re a community, I would like YOUR input about this blog’s future. How can I help you best? I want to hear from you. Can you take a [...]
I’m an Official SOB and I Couldn’t Be Happier!
I know what you’re thinking — has Linda lost her mind? She’s been called an SOB and is telling the world about it? What’s up with that? OK, OK, I’ll explain. It doesn’t stand for what you think! Liz Strauss, a professional writer and blogger whom I respect greatly, has awarded me the coveted title [...]
Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers: On Gratitude — Thanksgiving 2008
“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…. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and [...]
November is National Family Caregivers Month
Instead of Wednesday’s usual “Inspiring Quotes for Caregivers” I am sharing a few other inspirational thoughts with you to recognize and honor the many millions of family caregivers worldwide. A Proclamation by the President of the United States During National Family Caregivers Month we recognize and celebrate the many individuals throughout our country who work [...]
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