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Posts from ‘May, 2010’

35 Million

The May/June Issue 2010 of AARP Magazine reports on Gail Sheehy’s latest book Passages in Caregiving,  that on any given day in the USA 35 million people are care giving for their parents.   One third of these folks are male. The male children usually handle the paperwork part of the process though some do it [...]

Care Giver’s Syndrome

This is the experience I am living and healing.  I do not proclaim to be an expert, just someone who is learning and growing from a life lesson.    I wanted to share the information that I have right now, because I think nearly everyone I know will eventually be doing some care giving or experience [...]

Arm Chair Traveling

I am a bit late with my post for today because I wanted to finish the last few chapters of my current read.   For you see, I am busy Arm Chair Traveling. The gift of having Care-Givers Syndrome or Adrenal Fatigue is that I can expand my reading time considerably.   If I fall asleep reading [...]

Book Review: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay ~ Michael Chabon

This book is an extraordinary read; written by a writing master in which even the small details just hold the reader into the story. Chabon’s third novel and it is a PULITZER PRIZE WINNER. It took me 2 months to finish the book.  I could hardly put it down, but the 650 pages were tissue [...]