by External Article | Feb 5, 2021 | Care Work Library, Finding Meaning, Grief |
Someone in my group for hospice workers shares the article on flowers as a grief ritual, and that’s how I discover Janet. I quickly read the news story about how Janet uses the dried flowers from her mother’s funeral to make new images for 100 days. I read other... 
by External Article | May 20, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Sibling |
How my brother survived so long out on the street eludes me still. Much of it, I’m sure, had to do with his own strengths. Since adolescence, Tom had been deeply concerned with how to live, how to do right by others, how to be. He was quick to defend the weak, to tell... 
by External Article | Oct 23, 2018 | 24/7 Caregiving, Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
If late-life love cannot make us invulnerable to everyday misfortunes, what conceivable purpose does it serve? What month is this, what year? It is the season of sorrow, the year of grieving. Old lovers know that love does not conquer all, that our intimacy cannot... 
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