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Judith Allen Shone
Write, read, write, read, write, rewrite, Any topic can be a prompt. Write every day. If you want to write, then write. Write right now to tell yourself: ‘what are you waiting for?‘ If you want to write, then write. Your degree of commitment will guide you on your journey. Create and enjoy!
Judith Allen Shone
"Say Yes to Life" by Viktor Frankl
Judith Allen Shone
Live!
Become emotionally involved in life.
Live!
Write!
Become emotionally absorbed in writing.
Repeat.
Live!
Become emotionally involved in life.
Live!
Write!
Become emotionally absorbed in writing.
Repeat.
Judith Allen Shone
"If you try to stop me I will throw you over the balcony!" he yelled at me as he grabbed my phone from my hand and threw it across the room. "You don't tell me I am going to the doctor. No one does."
There are days being a caregiver when I feel the fear of horror. You don't know who the person will be when they begin to hallucinate. You don't know what you have to deal with each morning. I have become single focused, which becomes intense at times. If not horror then terror. I anticipate those fears, the ones that precede true horror, every day.
There are days being a caregiver when I feel the fear of horror. You don't know who the person will be when they begin to hallucinate. You don't know what you have to deal with each morning. I have become single focused, which becomes intense at times. If not horror then terror. I anticipate those fears, the ones that precede true horror, every day.
Judith Allen Shone
You can write anywhere...in the sand, in the dirt, on a foggy window, on shower notes, or with lipstick on a mirror; on a napkin, a receipt, in a notebook, on a computer or even on a phone. Short or long. Prose or poetry. Any topic. Any thoughts. A gymnastic program for the brain, with research, vocabulary, composing, editing...how is there time for boredom? And best of all, drawing with words, painting on our imaginary canvas, for our brain to interpret into its reality, letting us glimpse it for a moment, before it's gone. The ultimate passion.
Judith Allen Shone
"Is There Any Ice Cream?" is Part One of a series, Accepting the Gift of Caregiving. Part Two, "Did You Hide the Cookies?" is in editing stage so the two books will soon be available, completing the story...so far. A memoir, almost in real time, both these books have been written in hopes that others who are unfamiliar with what could be the life of a caregiver can get a glimpse and reduce their fears. I know no two careigvers walk the same path, but the emotional component is very similar. We laugh, we cry, we worry, we stress. I had no idea what a caregiving life was all about...I learned by going through it, sometimes fearing each step. So writing both books has been helpful fo me to get a grasp of the role at the same time sharing with others who might be facing similar circumstances. Caregivers are awesome and need support. The more people who understand caregiving, the more likely they are to feel comfortable reaching out, in whatever way they can,to help those in need of respite or support.
Judith Allen Shone
I have lived the life of a caregiver for over seven years. While in this role I have witnessed many others who were as alone, afraid, untrained, and some unwilling, as I was. In time, I did come to accept caregiving and now call it a gift. But I resisted, and saw many others who, like me, might have accepted sooner if they had known a bit of what was ahead. No one knows the day they will be tapped to become a caregiver, or even need one. I hoped by writing our stories, making situations familiar, I might be a bridge between fear and acceptance. Caregivers desperately need, must have, support. It is not a role for one. I did it. I know. I chose to get that message out there in a way I could, in a manner it might be remembered...through stories.
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