Monthly Archives: March 2015

Caregiving: The Grief Process: Depression

An excerpt from my book:  One Arm One Leg 100 Words, Overcoming Unbelievable Hardships Depression The next stage is depression. Losing the quality of life you once had can cause you to wonder if life is really worth living anymore. Charlene wanted to die. You could see it in her eyes. There was no sparkle […]

Caregiving: The Grief Process: Guilt

An excerpt from my book, One Arm One Leg 100 Words, Overcoming Unbelievable Hardships Guilt Some therapists believe that guilt is a part of the third stage of bargaining, but others say it is its own fourth stage. I think Charlene wondered if she caused her own stroke by any lifestyle or behavior decisions that […]

Caregiving: The Grief Process: Bargaining

An excerpt from my book, One Arm One Leg 100 Words, Overcoming Unbelievable Hardships Bargaining The third stage is bargaining. I suspected that Charlene was trying to bargain with God that if she did such and such a thing that He would heal her. (I often saw her praying and crying in her room with […]

Caregiving: The Grief Process: Anger, Part 2

An excerpt from my book, One Arm One Leg 100 Words, Overcoming Unbelievable Hardships. Anger, Part 2: In fact, it might have actually even been therapeutic for her to vent like that. I didn’t really know if it was or not. I just knew that I had to try harder not to let our next […]