This is the second in a series of three posts. 1st post in this series: Robin Hood Redux: MLRC Care Conference 2015: About 3rd post in this series: Robin Hood Redux: MLRC Care Conference 2015: Workshops 80% of long-term-care services in the USA are provided by (often unpaid) family caregivers. Many in this population do […]
This is the first in a series of three posts. 2nd post in this series: Robin Hood Redux: MLRC Care Conference 2015: Morning 3rd post in this series: Robin Hood Redux: MLRC Care Conference 2015: Workshops 80% of long-term-care services in the USA are provided by (often unpaid) family caregivers. Many in this population do […]
Just posted: The Marymac Missions’ Annual Report 2014! The report provides: 1 – a 2014-in-summary letter, + our values, vision, and mission statement 2 – Mary’s Work: Speaking, Training, and Retreats 3 – Mary & Karl’s Work: Accessible Gardens Development 4 – 2014 Metrics & More: Meeting People Where They Are: 6 Channels 5 – […]
As you friends in the Christian tradition begin your trek out to the desert wilderness (don’t forget your backpack snacks and water bottle!), don’t worry ’bout being alone – I’ve been out here for at least the past 90 days peering into my past and examining the who done it, the where, when, what, how, […]
It feels so good to say we’ve reached the end of the “Estate Disaster Relief Year 2014.” Phase 3, 18 of 18 sessions was completed on December 23, 2014. The estate management process has humbled me. A mountain way bigger than myself, it took a small team (myself, my beloved Karl, Edith, Hillary, and Melissa) […]
The last estate management milestone of 2014 was reached on December 18, 2014. We now have the beginnings of a personal filing system where we can better locate practical papers (e.g. auto and medical receipts, house repairs), personal interests (e.g. newspaper and magazine clippings of fun things-to-do), personal finances (e.g. banking and retirement), and personal […]
Seven years ago I left everything to care for my mom, a state away, living with dementia. My personal paperwork was packed, not to be seen again for a very long time (I still have several pallets stacked high with boxes from 2007). Since moving to our current home in 2009 with the effects of […]
Today, we started sorting the boxes moved to our new Karl and Mary Study (just eighteen months ago this was my father’s reading room) – into groups of: stationery, personal files, and personal/family history. This will become a room for books, journal and letter writing, and personal and family memories. Moving forward with a listening […]
Just in time for a Thanksgiving Day celebration with family and friends, we made a final push yesterday to clear the sunny yoga room of estate boxes I had decided were *easy* – or, the easiest emotionally of the three groups we triaged months ago in March/April (the other two groups include The Box Room […]
If you hadn’t yet heard, this is one of the major headlines for our November celebration of National Family Caregiver Month and National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. It is a perennial headline that doesn’t always make the news. Every year, there is no more critical issue for caregivers than this one. The health effects suffered […]
