by Susan | Apr 14, 2020 | Awareness, Gestalt, Medical, Relationships
Last night one of Mike’s doctors visited me in my dream. I’m not clear what it was telling me but I was inspired to change the subject of my blog because of it. Yesterday I read a post by a retired doctor about the health care workers during this pandemic. It said...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving
Being a caregiver is a lot like being a parent. It doesn’t come with an instruction book. You must decipher a lot of jargon you don’t understand. But you don’t get nine months to prepare and there doesn’t seem to be as much support for caregivers. I was reluctantly...
by Susan | Mar 31, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving, Gestalt, Relationships
Since John went to KU last August I’ve enjoyed living alone. Many days the only reason I get out of the house is to feed the horses. So why do I feel so shut in now? On Saturday the Governor of Kansas issued a stay at home order starting on Monday. I think it’s the...
by Susan | Mar 25, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving, Horses
A friend posted the meme to the right on FaceBook a few weeks ago. My response was that the operative word is “can”. We can but we don’t have to if we don’t want to. It’s brought up a lot of feelings for me. Why do we feel like we have to live up to the...
by Susan | Mar 17, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving, Medical
It’s pretty remote where I live. The population of Oakley is around 1,800 people the nearest international airport is 250 miles away. I don’t expect we will be hit hard by the coronavirus. I still think it’s a good idea to practice a few commonsense guidelines. Mike...
