The Place to Take a Humor Break
Wheelchairs break. To fix them, you call a wheelchair repair guy. The first time I did this, it was because the joy stick was not working properly. “Hi, this is the repairman. I’m at the apartment.” […]
Caregivers are not permitted to take vacations. But good ones do so anyway. If you can get out of the country and be completely incommunicado that’s ideal (being incognito doesn’t hurt either). My husband and […]
I have a great bunch of gals in my book club. Everyone of them is in or has been in some stage of caregiving. What are the odds? Really high. Sometimes they let me share […]
Some years ago, my husband suggested we go to a fancy dinner dance at the club. Yay! A new dress, nails done, hair done, pretty, pretty, pretty me. I began the day with a fresh […]
Arising at 4 A.M. to get to my brother-in-law’s apartment before the ambulance transport so that I could quickly give him his medications before surgery, as archly instructed by the hospital staff, may have fuzzed up my mind. […]
My friend has always enjoyed perfect vision. As she beautifully progressed into middle age, she admired all those fancy reading glasses her friends were flaunting in hopes of looking fashionable (instead of old), and bought a […]
Caregivers are known for not taking care of themselves. I have let this stiff neck of mine haunt me for about 10 months. It took me at least 3 months to get myself to the […]
A ‘side effect’ of Multiple Sclerosis can be a myriad of urinary tract infections. If left unfound for even a day or two, these infections can turn ugly very quickly. In the old and infirm […]
In honor of what would have been my mother-in-law’s 98th birthday, a shoe story comes to mind. About 2 years ago, Marie got very, very ill. She was in intensive care for a few weeks. […]