Here are a few of the remarkable virtues I learned from caregiving...
1. Count Your Blessings
2. Love
3. Spirituality
4. Faith
5. Acceptance
6. Wisdom
... and you can, too.
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About Me
- Nanette J. Davis, Ph.D.
- As a new bride in the 1950s, Nanette decided she could never be content with homemaking as a full-time profession. She reached out, children and all, to embrace a life she loved: family and work. Nanette J. Davis received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Michigan State University and completed a post-doctorate degree at Stanford University. Dr. Davis has more than four decades experience as an educator, writer, advocate, researcher, and lecturer. Her scholarly work includes 13 books and more than 100 articles, encyclopedia contributions, research reports, book chapters, and reviews. Nanette was granted the prestigious Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, among other accolades, and has most recently taught at Western Washington University, Chapman University and Portland State University. She is one of the founders of Bellingham At Home, a virtual village to assist seniors to stay in their home as long as possible. Nanette’s passions include traveling, reading, gardening, and spending time with her expansive family of six children, 10 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. She lives in Bellingham, Washington with her husband, Burl Harmon.
1 comment:
I agree with your virtue list. I was my mother's full-time caregiver (she lived with us) during the last two years of her life--she had Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Looking back, I see that it was ironically good for me--I learned how resilient families are--I learned to be patient, slow down, and stop thinking I had something more important to do.
~Carol O'Dell
Author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir
available on Amazon
www.mothering-mother.com
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