"PASSING ON THE BLESSING" is a catalog of the gifts that have come to my family in caregiving. In the large Irish, Catholic family into which I was born, there is a long caregiving tradition, and an even longer storytelling tradition. Using both, I’ve put together this “workbook.” My purpose is to help you see us, and to see your own place in the stories I tell. Stories like these happen in your own life.
Each story describes an opportunity for savoring the life that is present every day, especially as we face loss. Each tool or tip is a means we found for living gracefully with limitations – my own, those of my loved ones and my friends. I offer them to you who find yourselves awash in troubles, taking care of a loved one, and to you who stand by us. I wish to leave you with a sense of refreshment and renewal, and to inspire you to find your own stories.
Each story describes an opportunity for savoring the life that is present every day, especially as we face loss. Each tool or tip is a means we found for living gracefully with limitations – my own, those of my loved ones and my friends. I offer them to you who find yourselves awash in troubles, taking care of a loved one, and to you who stand by us. I wish to leave you with a sense of refreshment and renewal, and to inspire you to find your own stories.
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