Posts Tagged ‘community’
My Cats, My Teachers
Endlessly fascinated by observing my cats, I find they always have something to teach me. It is a bit like watching charades and trying to figure out exactly what is going on since they do not have the capacity to add words to the behaviors. That also allows me to make what I want out…
Read MoreVirtual Caregiving Community #2
Even as I work with professional and family caregivers, as well as case managers and social workers around shifting the paradigms of caregiving in this country, I acknowledge that it is often an experience that presents us with overwhelming, energy draining, heartbreaking, extremely challenging moments, days, weeks, months and years. There can easily be a…
Read MoreVirtual Caregiving Community #1
As I was walking my 5.4-mile trail this morning, feeling the luxury of the weather, my health and so many other things in my life, I began to think about how caregiving happens virtually. It takes place in what might seem like the most unexpected places as we normally think about caregiving. And then there…
Read MoreStanding in Each Other’s Paws: Another Lesson in Life From My Cats
Tuxie is the new cat in the house. He was lost or left behind. For almost a year he lived in the ivy and under the bushes, slinking on to the terrace to eat but not allowing me near him. He created major stress in Faloopity, my cat whose territory this is. There were major…
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