by Claire | Oct 11, 2020 | Dan's Blog, News
Teaching this old dog new tricks? Really? Dayo, Claire’s black lab/greyhound mix companion for the last 9 years, is getting older and not seeing as well. He loves retrieving the frisbee from the river but more often these days, he can’t see where it lands....
by Claire | Aug 26, 2020 | Dan's Blog, News
I invited my father-in-law to watch Mission of Honour, a 2018 film about Polish fighter pilots who helped the RAF defeat the German air force. It was not long before I realized that he could not keep up… He was not following the dialogue, the jokes or really the plot...
by Claire | Aug 14, 2020 | Dan's Blog, News
There’s an old Christian song rattling around in my mind today, particularly these two lines: “We’ll guard each one’s dignity and save each one’s pride, and they’ll know we are Christians by our love…” If ever there was a...
by Claire | Aug 5, 2020 | Dan's Blog, News
As my father-in-law is naturally isolating more and more due to his dementia and its affect on his self-confidence, I am heartened not only by the exceptional medical and dental professional care I rely on, but by the loving support we are receiving from friends and...
by Claire | Jul 29, 2020 | Dan's Blog, News
In this time of Covish, slogging along as a caregiver to a vulnerable father-in-law, I remind myself regularly of just how blessed I am. I do this based on the model of what a Jewish son said his elderly mom always said whenever he complained about something. She...
by Claire | Jul 22, 2020 | Dan's Blog, News
Mount Etna, Sicily 2018 Like a big pot on a stove full to the brim, I am simmering ready to splurch and splatter here and there. Recently I got a flash of insight, a glance into myself when the veil lifted for a second and I saw this ancient simmering stew of...
