My Katie 💔 I still look for you my sweet girl, In all your favourite sleeping places, I see a shadow and I think it might be you, I think I hear you ringing your bells Or scratching on the door, I can still feel the softness of your fur, Your doggie scent still surrounds me, ..
Category: Uncategorized
All through the caregiving years, we were still making memories although I did not realize then, how precious our caregiving memories would become. Every life stage matters. Even though your parent or loved one cannot do everything they once did, there is still a beautiful bond, and time spent together is precious , whether it..
Christmas day some years ago, we had just finished our turkey dinner when the power went out. We were a small group that year…..only my elderly parents, sister, my husband and I. We sat in the living room, candles lit, and decided to tell about Christmases past. My sister and I shared stories of visiting the Eaton’s Santa in the ‘50s..
Summer traditions live on through the generations. One such tradition was the old carousel at Port Dalhousie on Lake Ontario in St. Catharines. There was once an amusement park there in the 1950s and our family went every summer , enjoying the beach, the airplane ride, the ‘caterpillar’, bumper cars and of course , the..
I believe it was Winnie the Pooh who said ‘ when life throws you a rainy day, play in the puddles’ ! April showers sometimes make us feel a little down, but we have to remember that the rain is so needed to bring on those flowers , and the greenery we long to see!..
I once heard someone say that courage is fear saying it’s prayers. I pondered those words and realized how true these words are. There were so many times, as a caregiver, when I was filled with fear , and closed my eyes and said a little prayer. What was I afraid of? I was afraid..