What to Do About Mom and Dad? - ABC News

More about the Silver Tsunami on its way!! A series on ABC evening news this week: What to do about caring for elderly relatives! It takes 10 years off the care giver's life! Yipes! I knew my life felt like it was ebbing away!!!! The last 2 years, and especially 2010, has been an onslaught of overwhelming activity for my mother's care, which has been the reason I have not been able to post to my blog!! Let's learn together about a certain issue rising for most people with relatives who are aging beyond their ability to take care of themselves, a high probability in this age of medical miracles that keep us more healthy in body but not necessarily in mind!!! The link to the initial kickoff story on ABC News last night is below!!

What to Do About Mom and Dad? - ABC News

Managing your time, God's style!

Click on this link to listen to a lecture on time managment with God in mind!



Video Broadcasts

Inspiring an attitude of gratitude! Live joyfully!

I dare you to watch this and not be aware of lots of reasons to be thankful!! An inspiring video on how we can be happy and live joyfully, no matter the circumstances. There are always things to be thankful and joyful about in our lives! A reminder when we feel sad or sorry for ourselves is to watch this or think about the many people suffering or managing with so much less than we have. I am so thankful for good friends, great weather, breathing, the ability to walk and see the beauty around me, the ability to listen and hear birds singing and music playing whenever I want!! How great is that!! When I am sad, when I am experiencing a loss or painful circumstances, I let myself feel the pain and sadness and remind myself of all the good things, giving thanks to God! Rejoice always! And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds! (Philippians 4:6-8.) Not only thinking gratitude, but saying out loud how thankful I am, makes my life better and better every day and brings to my awareness more and more the many gifts given to me every day of my life, no matter what else is going on!!!

Happy Holidays, Holy Advent!

Peace, joy and blessing to you! I have missed being here! My mother was hospitalized 3 times this past year and needing so much of my time, I have not updated my blog, even with a new app on my phone to do it mobile! Sorry for letting you down! I let myself down most of all! It has been a dream and vision to have this blog and my dream got lost in a tsunami of activity for my mother's care. I was engulfed, flooded and drifted away "overboard", with the onslaught of waves of my mother's needs! I am determined to get myself back "on board" and stay afloat!

Trinity Wall Street - News & Blogs - Features - 2010 Advent Calendar

Here is a link to a different kind of Advent Calendar showing each day a brief scripture verse with Christmas music for meditation and a brief video or slide show on Christian outreach projects. These meditations reflect Christianity in action, which is what really brings Christ more into the world, the reason for the season, and not just parties, eating, church going, shopping, gift exchanging and lots of reasons for grumpiness and stress! Happy holiday season to you! Enjoy the true reason for the season: love and divine living coming into the world!! May God bless you with lots of awareness and experiences that bring joy into your holiday season and beyond, every day in many ways!! No matter the circumstances, I have found in times of pain and struggles, hardships and loss, there is a way to find peace and joy that surpasses all of our understandings and logic, all our reasoning's and activities to pursue it. And Christmas is about how the way for this came into our world and opened the door for it to come into our lives, every day!! Spread the good news!!!

Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Love

Click on this link and enjoy a nice trailer preview of the movie. This is a really nice movie! Observe codependency at its best! (Losing yourself in others and living their dreams, while yours fade away!) Experience vicariously letting go and exploring your self, your passions and your own dreams! Nice scenes of enjoying friends. Sweet but painful treatise on hurt and forgiveness and learning to trust again. 2.5 hours go very quickly! Time flies when your having fun! Italy is scrumptious! India spiritual! Bali beautiful! Meditation difficulties very realistic. Very tasteful love scenes - refreshing for a change! Diagnosis of what causes joint problems! (Helpful if you can get the "cure"!) Worth seeing! I wanna let go and follow my passion! Love your self, forgive your self, love and forgive others! God is good!

I'm Back! Stay tuned!

Been so-o-o busy with managing my mom's care & affairs which has been like a Tsunami with after shocks this year. No posts since February but now I can post from my phone on the go! Sorry for post stoppage! Stay tuned! I miss my blog buddies! Love, blessings & peace! Dee


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A "Silver Tsunami" is coming!!!

Martha Stewart: The Other Health Care Crisis -- America's Elderly

Above is a link to an article on caring for an elderly parent, something which has taken a lot of my time and energy the past 18 months. Since Thanksgiving, the care demands have increased, just after I started this blog! I was hoping to post daily, but many days I am going until 8:30-9 pm without stopping or eating since breakfast, and still more to do! I am learning ways to set boundaries, as I have mentioned in previous posts, and moving towards more balance in my life. I have found it is a wonderful opportunity to grow in love, patience, trust and acceptance! I am hoping the situation will improve, as I make these new boundaries, and turn things over sooner to a higher power, through prayer, waiting, watching and listening to the movements of the Spirit! Being disabled, this has been a difficult challenge, but I am enjoying so much drawing on the wisdom, power, provision, favor and presence of God! I apologize to my readers for not posting more regularly! Please be patient with me! I have so much I want to share from my journey and welcome your comments and sharings too! Love, Dee