We all want to be in control of our lives, but what happens when we are living life in the passenger seat? We are trying to stop the car by stomping on the floorboards but because there are no pedals, we have no control of the car. We are checking to see if there are obstacles in our path without the proper view.
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Saying Goodbye to a Loved One can be difficult. The final farewell is a milestone in our Life. For some it is even something that can’t be done. Yet for others, it is a turning point in their lives, that can decide the rest of their lives.
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This is a very complicated question when someone you love is sick. The answer is even more complicated, it can mean the difference between praying for life or death.
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Nothing hurts worse than the screams of a Loved One, except when those screams are directed at you. When you’re caring for someone you love and appreciation for this act is replaced with words of hate. What can you do, if anything to make this situation better?
Celebrating a Holiday after losing a loved one is very difficult. You don’t want to acknowledge the date is coming, you make every excuse to just skip over it. ” Why do we have to bother celebrating anymore?” that is the question.
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By age of two we start having tasks that are all our own to complete. It may be to help with the family pet or to pick up our toys but we have them. From a young age we understand that role of responsibility. That certain things are our job. As we get older those roles change especially when caring for a loved one. They can even be threatened when suddenly new people are added to a care team.
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Losing a loved one can be called many things, both good and bad, in my case I discovered it was more of a journey. It started out like a very bad dream that turned out to be unrealistically true. It was a series of events so hard to understand that I could only view them as cruel jokes. For many people who have experienced the loss of a loved one, they can relate to these feelings. Continue reading “The Journey of Losing A Loved One”
We have all done this “If I had only done that, this wouldn’t have happened”. Well in the case of losing a loved one we tend to go to the extreme. This is the “What If” but a step higher when your trying to justify your feelings.
Most people play or start playing this game when they find out a loved one is very sick. They run down a series of question and statements, that include these three words, with the intention to justify “how they” could have prevented the illness. Continue reading “The Would’ve, Should’ve Game”
My name is Francine Willis-Christie and my Journey began when I was five years old. I realized my purpose in life was to take care of my parents . I had fortunately discovered a second purpose “to help others help themselves”. Continue reading ““Here I AM”, All About Me”
