Exploring the goodness in Caregiver life
It wasn’t a dream of mine to be a caregiver of a veteran. I didn’t work my way through college and live on soup for four years in college to just take care of someone. A literal bomb went off in the life of my family, to change the paths of all of us forever. There are many silver linings in the cloud of life and there are joys in life to be grateful of.
Don’t miss out!
Subscribe to our newsletter for cool tips, articles and offers.
-
Changes to you, actually
If you have been caring for someone for more than a few years, it doesn’t take long before you notice little things such as soreness in your neck, shoulders, etc. from how you sit everyday at doctor appointments or how you position yourself behind the wheel of the car. Much like furniture finishers, factory workers,…
-
A day in the life
A Day in the life As I was going through my documents to prepare for meeting with ourrepresentatives in Congress, I saw this story. I had written this for afreelance job, but it was not published. On this day, I am now fifty-one and my aunt has moved up into heaven as oftwo years ago.…
-
Turning the Blast into a Blitzkrieg
Last Thursday, it was 11 years ago that I had to quit my career and become a caregiver of a wounded veteran. The “blastaversary” as I call it. I had my 50th birthday in September and thought of the many dreams I have yet to accomplish. Many of them involve travel, which involves $. I…
-
Time for a change
It breaks my heart as I am reflecting on today’s American culture and what it was like in 1992. Sadly, many of the song lyrics in Public Enemy’s Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black still ring true. I remember thinking how much still needed to be fixed back then and I don’t see a whole…
-
Ten
Ten years ago I got a call while at work from Red Cross that changed the life of my family forever. Todd was deployed to Afghanistan as a Calvary Scout with the US Army in Ghazni. Several times the mission got called off, because air support was being tied up looking for one of the…
Contact
Warrior's Wife Adventure 