Dear CareGivers,    
 I will strive to be a guide for you in this process called care giving. I say strive, because I know that what I know is only my wisdom. I will actively listen to you to uncover what you want and need.      
 
My credential for being your guide is my experience caring for my mother as she died of an incurable liver disease. I was fortunate to be able to return home to live with her starting at the end of May 2003 until she died on March 14, 2004.

During that time, I learned as much as I could about how to care for my mother. What I learned is how much I didn’t know.  Since then, I have continued to think about the time I spent with my mother. She taught me valuable lessons about caregiving, though she was unaware that she was teaching me anything. I have also read extensively about caregiving, spoken with dozens of people about their experiences as caregivers, and attended seminars to learn more about caregiving.

I gathered this knowledge into a book: Become A Compassionate CareGiver. Reduce Stress. Avoid Burnout. (Available on Amazon.) The purpose of the book is to reduce the stress level of caregivers. The one thing I know for certain is that caregiving is stressful. In the book and through this blog, I define a different way of being a CareGiver, a way that leads to joy rather than burnout.