A call came in from my youngest daughter earlier this week. It took me by surprise because it was early afternoon on a weekday, and she is working from home due to the continued stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19. I don't generally get a call from her during work time unless there is an emergency. …
Tag: grief
Priceless Hoarding
There is a reality show I occasionally watch called “Hoarders: Buried Alive”. It seems as if most of the individuals who are featured have experienced some traumatic event or family situation that caused them to replace meaningful human relationships with “things”. These men and women are usually suffering from depression and or loss, and have …
Bedside Nursing
Trying to donate a piece of medical equipment is difficult, no matter what it is. There are multiple walkers, toilet chairs, "grabbers", and a wheelchair tucked in various corners of Dad's garage and outbuilding. Each were hospital ordered after various orthopedic surgeries for either Mom or Dad over the last couple of decades. The largest …