Comments on: Are You Sick of Caregiving? http://agingparentsauthority.com/family/are-you-sick-of-caregiving/ The premier resource for anyone taking care of the elderly. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:35:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carol D. O'Dell http://agingparentsauthority.com/family/are-you-sick-of-caregiving/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Carol D. O'Dell Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:33:17 +0000 http://agingparentsauthority.com/2008/03/30/living-with-herbie/#comment-86 These quotes throw me back to the thick of my caregiving days--there were so, so many times where in my heart, my spirit, and my body was so depleted that I felt I couldn't go on--but I did--I had to. She needed me. She didn't have anybody else. My mom had Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, and 15 years of caregiving (the last three in my home/24/7 had wrung me, my husband, and even our children out. But love and loyalty keeps you going. ~Carol D. O'Dell Author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir available on Amazon www.mothering-mother.com These quotes throw me back to the thick of my caregiving days–there were so, so many times where in my heart, my spirit, and my body was so
depleted that I felt I couldn't go on–but I did–I had to.
She needed me. She didn't have anybody else.

My mom had Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, and 15 years of caregiving (the last three in my home/24/7 had wrung me, my husband, and even our children out.

But love and loyalty keeps you going.

~Carol D. O'Dell
Author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir

available on Amazon
http://www.mothering-mother.com

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