Donna Shares holds nothing back as she shares her journey with readers about her life as a family caregiver. She began blogging after finding she needed an outlet to share her pent-up emotions with other caregivers; however, she had access to none. Starting a blog was her solution to feeling isolated and gave her an avenue to share what she knew with others in hopes that her experiences might help them not feel isolated. Since her history as a caregiver has expanded many years now, she has reprinted those past posts for new readers who might be interested in comparing past to present or learning from prior experiences. Blog Library has them all categorized by the type of topic covered. Some posts listed were from the time she wrote as a contributor for multiplesclerosis.net. Therefore, you will leave this website and go to theirs when you click on that link to read the full post. Happy reading!
When I run into coworkers, friends, family, people from church, etc., I can see in their eyes that they feel sorry for me. So many say, “I don’t know how you do it, day in and day out. I don’t think I could.” I don’t feel comfortable when someone tells me that. I don’t feel […]
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
Would you believe I still don’t have the loan settled for our van? I know God will provide and this van will be ours but it has been so very frustrating dealing with the loan company this week. Here’s the issue: The seller is asking about $7000 more than the blue book value for a
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I have often mentioned in my posts that God takes care of us and that our church is an ongoing support group for us. I want to share with you how I know prayers are answered. If you follow my blog you know that several weeks ago I wrote a blog about how much I
Over the past week, my concern has grown. I walk into the room and see him sitting there. His eyes are shaded in pain–not severe pain–more of an aching discomfort due to the broken skin on his coccyx. We’ve tried several types of patches to protect the area but one of them slide and broke
I received my annual performance review today. I had mentally prepared myself for getting a rating less than what I usually get and was even afraid it might be significantly less but I was pleased…and disappointed…and sad…and concerned. Not to brag but I’m very good at my job. Several years ago I was nominated for
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We made arrangements for our home health nurse to give Lynn the flu shot today. I expect he will feel pretty rough tomorrow and maybe Sunday too because anytime he gets a vaccine or a change in medications or has to adjust to just about anything different, it knocks the wind out of him. It
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This week has had several disappointments. On Thursday and Friday, I was scheduled to take a course in Critical Incident Stress Management for my job. I was really looking forward to it not only for the new information and skills but also for the opportunity to be back with coworkers and others for the day.
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On October 11, 1997, Lynn and I got married. As I stood at the entrance to the sanctuary, with my ten-year old escort (my son), my soon to be husband, was playing his guitar and singing me a song that he wrote just for our wedding. The theme of the song was, “you’re
