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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Caretaker - Part Eighteen

What Is A 'Caregiver?' Let's stop to talk about the role and the responsibilities of being a 'caregiver.' From the two words that have been combined into one, it is easy to see that a caregiver is someone who gives care to someone who needs it. The parents of a newborn are caregivers to that child.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 14, 2022

Caretaker - Part Seventeen

Perspective From A Youngster "The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough." - Rabindranath Tagore. It seems that so many can go through a lifetime and still have a hard time making a one-minute 'highlight' video. People drift from waking early in the morning, going to work, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 13, 2022

Caregiver - Part Sixteen

The Last of the Legal Stuff As your grief lessens, other things need to be done. Begin to transfer any titles of real estate, personal property, cars, motorcycles, boats, or any item of value that might be titled into your loved one's name. Make sure to check with your insurance company that might... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 12, 2022

Caregiver - Part Fifteen

Those 'Time Passages' - with a tip of the hat to Al Stewart As I thumbed through the notebooks in which she had kept her inner thoughts and fears, I began to see that as close as we had been, she had hidden those fears. There were several entries where she had worried about her fears ' hurting him.'... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 11, 2022

Caregiver - Part Fourteen

More Things To Do After The Funeral Some of the things I'll be detailing here may seem like common sense, but when under the travails of grief, common sense tends to hide. It sounds trite, but you'd be amazed at what you can forget when you think of nothing but your recent loss. There may be the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Caregiver - Part Thirteen

Trust And Respect One of the things that I remember about my wife was her professionalism at work as an OB nurse. Until the moment she had her stroke, Judy was always calm and relaxed under pressure. In the OB unit, most delivery outcomes resulted in a new baby and a tired and frazzled mom. The mom... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Caregiver - Part Twelve

Sidestep For A Moment As I go along here, I'm going to interject some information that I have learned as I worked with my wife. This section is the first of these sidesteps. While I worked in the medical field for a long time, things are continually changing. Old theories are proven wrong, new... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Caregiver - Part Eleven

NOTE: I am prepping this manuscript to be done as an Audible story. I have been leaving out the notes to my husband/wife narration team, but I thought I would leave the message below intact so you can see what I do for my narrators. V The other hobby that my wife loved to do was knit and crochet.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 6, 2022

Caregiver - Part Ten

I Found Her Diaries… As time went by and the wound in my heart began to ease, I began to decide to sort some of the things that were Judy's possessions. Part of me wanted to keep her stuff forever, but another part of me knew that what few visitors I did get, might think me crazier than they already... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 4, 2022

Caregiver - Part Nine

After The Funeral - Part One When I did a web search for 'Things To Do After the Funeral,' many of these steps came up from multiple funeral home websites. I went to several of them, and as near as I could tell, they all had the same document. I checked for attribution but never found one. What... Sign in to see full entry.

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