Monday, October 25, 2010

You've got it bad when...

  • Your best supporter needs you to become self-sufficient.
  • The one you love doesn't have other options.
  • "I don't want your help" becomes a mantra for persons you give care to.
Look fellas. I'm not a doctor. I'm a professional engineer. I'm not a psychologist or a psychiatrist. I have chosen to become a specialist or an authority on improving my delivery of care. I'm just like you: a caregiver in need of support. I know that if we want to work together we can pull this one off. It may be too late for some things but it's never too late to change.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Caregiver's Manual for Men

How does a left-brained person fare in a right-brained activity (and vice-versa)?

How does a "healthy" individual cope with immense loss, radical change, and impending doom?

CMfM Volume 1: How to Love a Cancer

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

I Want My Daughter Back

It's not polished and it's not pretty but I wrote this from the heart:

CMfM Volume 1: How to Love a Cancer

No doubt the entire caregiver ordeal with Linda's breast cancer messed me up. I did the best I could with writing the CMfM as user-friendly for near-delirious caregivers and trying to make improved things so some other poor miserable bastard wouldn't lose his mind like I did. Unfortunately I wasn't able to protect Alice. I wonder how things would have been different if I would've just substituted the word "apathy" for "advocate."

I've decided the best thing to do (see What to do?) is to let the site upgrade to WordPress for All Things ITN and get to work compiling CMfM Volume 2: The Prisoner Within. My target date for starting this transition is October 26th. We are very worried about Alice.

So back to you. Caregiving exposed a side of the Holy Spirit to me that I'd never known before. Maybe there's another trick up your sleeve because I don't know how I'm going to make it through this.

Dan

Shhh...keep it quiet. (Scroll down to October 13, 2010) 

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Saturday, October 9, 2010

St. Augustine

When we believe ourselves to be alone--

He is there...

He hears us...

He loves us...

GN. 18:26

Spare me Oh Lord and I shall raise up to you a great offering.