Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
…was the day something changed in me.
There’s power in naming. Names give definition. Names differentiate this from that. The day I started calling myself a writer was the day I stopped calling myself other things–director, teacher, businesswoman. It’s not that I’m not still those “names” as well, but they fall under the umbrella name of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2007 | No Comments »
A friend of mine accused me of having balance (in my life) the other day.
I don’t feel balanced. Writers are impulsive and obsessive. Caregiving is anything but balanced.
It’s managed chaos. All the years I cared for my mother and wrote MOTHERING MOTHER, I felt as if I lived with the thought, “what’s going to happen [...]
Posted in Daddy, aging, books, bookstores, career, caregiving, daughters, eldercare, emotional, family, inspirational, marketing, medicine, ministry, mothering, mothers, preaching, relationships, spiritual, studio 10 tv, tampa, television, women on July 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m backing out of my driveway the other day with my cell phone cocked on my shoulder as I set a date with Studio 10 TV in Tampa Florida. I’m not sure even a year ago I could imagine myself doing that–preparing for a television program about caregiving, elder-care, Alzheimer’s, family and mothers. As I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Caregiving is a solitary act of love. No one’s usually around to tell you you’re doing a good job.
No one cleans up the messes but you and at the end of the day, the only pat on the back you might receive is when you look in mirror–exhausted and bedraggled–and you’re grateful to get through [...]
