Describes expressions or experiences of happiness or joy in caregiving.
Shortly after we returned from vacation, my daughter started having a lot of right-sided pain just under her ribcage and nausea. After a week, instead of it getting better, it was getting worse. She called me to “consult” on what I thought it might be (nurse to nurse). I ruled out liver problems, thought it […]
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May 27 at 3:51 p.m., my daughter gave birth to a beautiful son, Elijah Gregory–Eli for short. I was fortunate enough to share in the experience with her and her husband and at the moment of Eli’s birth, my daughter weep tears of joy, as did I. The decision to have a child was not
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I have always enjoyed a good movie. It’s one of the things I miss about not being able to get out and go places now. However, you don’t have to go out to see a movie any more; you can now do it in the comfort on your own home and with the benefit of
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Seems like I’m always complaining so I want to take a minute to say what a good day we had on Sunday. The weather was nice and Lynn was feeling pretty good for the third day in a row (that in itself made it a good day). A former co-worker of Lynn’s was coming over
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After paying the owner the sales price of the van on Nov. 18, we finally have tags and can drive it as of December 3. This entire experience has been one of frustration and endurance from the beginning but it’s over now, and we have the freedom provided by a wheelchair van. Today, after breakfast,
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Last year on this date, Lynn was in the intensive care unit of the VCU Health System/Medical College of Virginia Hospitals (MCV). By today’s date, he had been in the hospital since November 6 and would remain in the hospital for another two weeks. During that time I stayed with him 24-hours a day. I
Finally after two long weeks of going back and forth and back and forth with the loan agent, we got approved for the full van loan. As the person who sold us the van said, “I’ve bought houses in less time than it’s taking to get this loan approved!” If the seller and I had not
Hurricane Irene has moved on now and we fared pretty well. We lost electricity at 2 pm on Saturday and we still don’t have it back here at 5:30 on Sunday. Our yard is a mess and we’ve lost everything in our refrigerator but I think the freezer food, for the most part, is okay.
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I’ve never experienced an earthquake before. It was a really eerie feeling to have the air and ground moving around me. I was working at my desk and Lynn was working in the back room at his computer when it started. At first I just thought it was dynamite being used to get rid of
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