Comments on: Five Things I Learned from Caregiving http://acaregiversjournal.com/five-things-i-learned-from-caregiving.html Insights and Shared Stories by Family Caregivers Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Valerie Johnson http://acaregiversjournal.com/five-things-i-learned-from-caregiving.html/comment-page-1#comment-160 Valerie Johnson Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:51:16 +0000 http://acaregiversjournal.com/?p=180#comment-160 @Carol - Looking back over the little things in life often gives us a better perspective. @Carol – Looking back over the little things in life often gives us a better perspective.

]]> By: Carol O'Dell http://acaregiversjournal.com/five-things-i-learned-from-caregiving.html/comment-page-1#comment-158 Carol O'Dell Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:53:35 +0000 http://acaregiversjournal.com/?p=180#comment-158 Thanks for you post. Like you, caregiving taught me to slow down and put myself in "another's shoes." I learned to be more patient and understanding. In one way, it took me back to when my children were 2 and 3 and were never in a hurry. I didn't realize it at the time, but I enjoyed walking a little slower and not being able to rush my mom through a store. I wrote a vignette titled, "When I Miss Her," about going to the grocery store now that my mom has died--about missing what I once thought was a bother. Thanks for you post. Like you, caregiving taught me to slow down and put myself in “another’s shoes.” I learned to be more patient and understanding. In one way, it took me back to when my children were 2 and 3 and were never in a hurry. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I enjoyed walking a little slower and not being able to rush my mom through a store.

I wrote a vignette titled, “When I Miss Her,” about going to the grocery store now that my mom has died–about missing what I once thought was a bother.

]]> By: Valerie Johnson http://acaregiversjournal.com/five-things-i-learned-from-caregiving.html/comment-page-1#comment-155 Valerie Johnson Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:17:26 +0000 http://acaregiversjournal.com/?p=180#comment-155 Hi Jim, I struggled a little with that one and did not think about a one lane road. That would frustrate me too. I was thinking more about people like my Mom who is 78, drives a little slow and stays off the Interstate. Hi Jim, I struggled a little with that one and did not think about a one lane road. That would frustrate me too. I was thinking more about people like my Mom who is 78, drives a little slow and stays off the Interstate.

]]> By: Jim Gaudet http://acaregiversjournal.com/five-things-i-learned-from-caregiving.html/comment-page-1#comment-151 Jim Gaudet Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:34:17 +0000 http://acaregiversjournal.com/?p=180#comment-151 About number one..I can kind of agree with you except that if the person is on a one lane road where I have no option of passing them. This can be really frustrating. There is a speed limit for a reason and if they cannot drive the speed limit, that can be dangerous. So the question is, why can't they go the speed limit? Doesn't that prove that they may not be able to handle the speed on the world? About number one..I can kind of agree with you except that if the person is on a one lane road where I have no option of passing them. This can be really frustrating. There is a speed limit for a reason and if they cannot drive the speed limit, that can be dangerous.

So the question is, why can’t they go the speed limit? Doesn’t that prove that they may not be able to handle the speed on the world?

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