THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope88. DEAR READERSHIP AND FOLLOWERS.This is my last blog for a while. I want to thank you for your support and feedback and wish you well. I’m not abandoning you. My goal is…Sep 7, 20191Sep 7, 20191
THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope87. THE OTHER SIDE OF BEING A CAREGIVER.For the past fifteen summers David and I have flown to France and descended on my family’s farmhouse in the French Alps. David’s time for…Aug 3, 2019Aug 3, 2019
THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope86. TOGETHER WITH PD AGAINAll gung-hoe to attend the conference in Kyoto, I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised my heart began racing, my chest tightening and…Jul 6, 20191Jul 6, 20191
THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope84. WORLD PARKINSONS CONGRESS. KYOTO JAPANWell, aren’t I the lucky one? And more importantly, what a heaven-sent opportunity to get the voices of us Caregivers heard.Jun 1, 20191Jun 1, 20191
THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope83. A DESPERATE CRY.Carol’s heartbroken and brutally honest e-mail of last week says it for all of us who are at our wits end who don’t know how, nor want to…May 4, 2019May 4, 2019
THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope82. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE…By flowers I mean joy, color and friends. How quickly flowers die if left un-watered. Friendships too.Apr 6, 20192Apr 6, 20192
THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope81. A CAREGIVER IN RECOVERYSo am I, or aren’t I a caregiver now my beloved has departed this earth, is the question tumbling in my head.Mar 2, 20191Mar 2, 20191
THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope80. IT’S NOT OVER TILL IT’S OVERForget “Lincoln in the Bardo,” it’s me, a.k.aDavid’s caregiver, floating somewhere halfway between living and not quite being alive.Feb 2, 2019Feb 2, 2019
THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope78. CAREGIVING LIKE HALLEY’S COMET LEAVES A FIERY TRAILAlthough David is not longer with me, my caregiving is not entirely over. The trail those many years as my husband’s full-time caregiver…Dec 31, 20181Dec 31, 20181
THE PERFECT SERVANT-nope78. EUPHEMISM, WE USED TO CALL IT.Political correctness has its rightful place of course. Ideals, race, religion, sexual orientation, and the myriad of life choices are…Dec 1, 2018Dec 1, 2018