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6 Skills You Need to Have as a Caregiver
Whether it’s a career you want to pursue or something you want to do to use your time to give back, being a caregiver is both a challenging and rewarding…
Read MoreWhen You Need Some Help: 5 Reasons to Join a Caregiver Support Group
In a world that seems to have lost the idea of the “village,” sometimes we feel pressured to be able to do it all. Asking for assistance or admitting that…
Read MoreGetting To Bluetiful
“Some people come in to our lives and quickly go…others leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.”
Read MoreToula’s Tips: Caregiver Burnout — It’s Real!
Today we welcome my good friend and guest writer, Toula Wootan from Toula’s Tips for Caregivers to “The Purple Jacket” Caring for a loved one can be physically, emotionally and…
Read MoreHaving The Talk: How To Make End Of Life Wishes Easier
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Having “The Talk” does not have to be hard or difficult, yet the talk does have…
Read MoreWebinar: Working and Caregiving Survey Results
I was most thankful to participate in Caregiving.com annual Working Family Caregiver Survey earlier this year. Your participation helped me earn my masters degree in Leadership and Communication from Gonzaga…
Read MoreWe Might Have Cancer, But Cancer Never Had Us
I learned through social media that Sunday June 5th is National Cancer Survivors Day which reminded me of the motto Richard and I lived by after he was diagnosed with esophageal…
Read MoreGraduate: A Thesis Complete
Graduate: A Thesis complete! Leave your limiting self-doubts behind and go and grab the life you have always dreamed.
Read MoreIt’s All About Forgiveness
To understand is to forgive, even oneself. Alexander Chase The road to Spokane is in its final stages as there are only two chapters left to write for my thesis…
Read MoreTwo Years Past
Caregiving may have ended, but our love endures forever. #Caregiving #LGBT #LGBTCaregiving #LGBTSeniors
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