by Guest Author | Dec 11, 2018 | Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation |
I will start this off like an AA meeting. Hello, my name is Raven and I became a caregiver in May. I remember waking up that Mother’s Day morning feeling fantastic, I put on this cute high low hobo dress with a wide brim floppy hat and I walked to work. Before... 
by Guest Author | Feb 19, 2016 | Caregiver Stories, Poetry |
When her body became a warzone, I sat wobbly-kneed in Dr. Smith’s sterilized walls, pretending to color. He had all types of schemes and weapons and missiles to launch inside my mother’s body. To fight the bad guys. This is how we conceptualized it... 
by Bob Harrison | Nov 2, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
Hi sweetie! It’s been five years today since you went away. A thousand questions, and a million tears later I, still don’t understand. You seemingly did everything right. Good diet, always exercising, and working towards good health. What the hell... 
by Bob Harrison | Oct 31, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
The calm before the storm October 31, 2010: Annie woke up this morning not feeling very well. All the anxiety around getting blood and platelet products the past week was taking its toll on her. But, as always, she found a way to bring out her beautiful smile and made... 
by Bob Harrison | Oct 11, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
Here’s how it happens— On a warm summer day a stranger came out of nowhere, knocked on their door, and immediately transformed their lives into a clash of two worlds. The stranger’s name was blood cancer, full of chaos, evil, and the... 
by Bob Harrison | Oct 2, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
It seems to me one of the more difficult subjects to talk about these days, is what happens after death. Is there such a thing as “Life After Death?” To many, the question posed is one of life’s greatest mysteries. To others, it’s all simply a... 
by Bob Harrison | Aug 20, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Death & Dying, Long Term Caregiving |
With “End of Life” care swirling around in news releases these days, and from all the information I’ve read, I was wondering how many of you actually know what end of life care is and “when it starts.” It’s a valid question, one... 
by Bob Harrison | Aug 1, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
As a first time caregiver, and a person that was never around anyone that had cancer, being thrust into the position of caring for Annie on a full time basis was undoubtedly the most difficult thing I’d ever done or will do over my life time. I didn’t know... 
by Bob Harrison | Jun 5, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
If you haven’t read Hospice Party Part 1, perhaps you should, as this article, Hospice Party Part 2, will put the article in perspective and lead to an understanding and education for some. Let The Conversation Begin–End of Life Care I knew I was being a... 
by Bob Harrison | Mar 23, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
When I entered the world of cancer as my wife Annie’s caregiver, quite frankly, I didn’t have a clue that this cancer world would be so complex. And of course, one would think the natural trend of thought would be more or less doom and gloom. Not much... 
by Bob Harrison | Mar 4, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
June 19, 2008 At approximately 11:00 A.M., I was sitting in my office at our antique shop when the phone rang. It was Tracy, Dr. Moore Sr.’s nurse. She asked me to take Annie to the cancer center at 3:00 P.M. to see Dr. Moore Sr. I instinctively knew that we were in... 
by Bob Harrison | Feb 10, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
Miracle or coincidence? This is part 2 of What has God got to do with it? You can read part 1 here. 15 August, 2008 The following statement from Dr. Moore Sr., Annie’s Oncologist, was made on the fifth day of her hospital stay. At the time, he was a senior... 
by Bob Harrison | Feb 3, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
What would you do if you woke your wife up one morning to get her washed and dressed for the day–“And she was blind.” Welcome to my world! Annie was fighting a nightmarish battle with an aggressive cancer that was not only taking her down, but... 
by Bob Harrison | Jan 31, 2015 | Baby Boom Generation, Because of Annie, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Long Term Caregiving |
Anytime you’re told by your family doctor that you’ve been set up with an oncologist for a consultation at the cancer center, the anxiety will probably race through your body in waves. This is how the consultation went for Annie and me. Keep in mind, no... 
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