Self-Help
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Annoying Behaviors That Happened Recently and How I Deal with It
I’m gonna go ahead and do this post because I said I would. I’ve been trying to be positive but a few weeks ago a string of events (things people did) happened in succession and I made a list to try to just get it out of my mind at the time. Sometimes it’s nice to do a blog entry on something that is bothering you because THAT TOO allows you to purge it out. I mean really, couldn’t we all just go on about things in life we don’t like or things that irritate us? This list is way too short for the long haul of annoyances. This is…
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Evening out with Mom and Trying to Lower the Stress Levels with Laughter and Mindfulness
Since we had life group Sunday, I took Mom out to eat and to the store last night after work. We went to Cracker Barrel. There was a cute towel in the gift shop to remind us not to be crabby! ha. I need the reminder maybe more than anything. She was supposed to have someone come to fix/install her camera/doorbell (Ring). They no showed. Of course. She already paid one installer a crazy amount of money and he installed it but said he wasn’t in charge of making it work, just installing it. A neighbor tried to help and couldn’t. So she is going to call someone else. Hiller…
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My Caregiving Goals for 2023 | It May Not Be What You Think
If you have been reading my blog this year, you will know that “Caregiving” is on my goal list for 2023 and there are reasons for that. So I will breakdown my thoughts on what my goals are and intentions in this blog entry. Before I do that, I guess I need to give a little background, as much as I feel comfortable giving. My Mom was alone* in Columbia, TN with just a few friends left. Some had passed and others were having some serious health issues. Mom was blind in one eye and needing to drive less, and she needed more and more help. She recognized this. We…