caregivers
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Days 124 & 125 – Other Worlds
“I’m not always sure what’s going on,” Ayers says through the voice of actor Jamie Foxx in the new movie, The Soloist, based on the true story of the lives of Ayers and Steven Lopez, the L.A. Times columnist who… Continue reading
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Day 119 – Thank You
You are, of course my friends. We sit in a circle to contemplate & to speak to each other. Continue reading
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Day 118 – Pastimes & Poetry
For a brief time during the game on Sunday evening, I forgot that the next day was Monday. I forgot that my everyday work involves helping charities that deal with the worst kind of human suffering. Continue reading
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Day 117 – Watching April’s End
Part of the practice of presence is teaching ourselves to observe the earth as she changes. I never noticed the end of April until I sought to write about her demise. Continue reading
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Days 114-116 – Living in Emergency – Doctors With Love
The astounding documentary, Living in Emergency, screened recently at the Nashville Film Festival and hopefully in wide release soon, portrays the astounding efforts of the volunteers of Doctors Without Borders. One of those profiled, T.C. Krueger, M.D., is a Nashville… Continue reading
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Day 112 – Caregiver Rest
Part of the purpose of the Journal is to offer respite for harried caregivers. We hope you can come to this Journal as part of you daily reflection and meditation. Continue reading
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Day 111 – April Outside the Hospital
The ground opens in April unbuttoning herself to welcome the moon Continue reading
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Day 110 – How We Learn Love
How do you think you first experienced Love’s gift? How did you learn of Love as you grew from baby to young child to adult? How do you pass on this gift to the patients who fall within your touch… Continue reading
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Day 98 – Speed and the Caregiver
Like the old saying, but seen in a new ways, speed kills. We all know that efficiency is called for in some aspect of all of our lives. How do we hold ourselves in balance so that we do not… Continue reading
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Day 91 – The Caregiver’s Home
We took care of the people who take care of people – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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