I've done big board presentations, led global projects and teams and accomplished things/goals alone or with a team, but the one thing that I'm most proud of, that still amazes me, is how Mum and I managed to keep going, caring for Dad at home, until he passed in January 2020. September to January were the hardest months in my life, fraught, scary, with no sleep.
Victoria, reading your comment makes me think that one of the unexpected blessings of caregiving is how it can boost(?) us to a whole different plane of living.
Without these experiences, I would have become a different person. Not bad, but probably not the person I want to be. I've often said, "Max saved me from myself." Do you know what I mean?
Thank you, Victoria, for sharing your experiences, for your questions and thoughts, and the opportunities to explore all of these ideas!
💯 Sarah - I frequently reiterated to my Dad and now Mum, that it was my choice to resign and be with them, saying 'how Dad's nightmare/cruel hospitalisation liberated me from a conditioned state' (per my Head-Heart-Gut Poem). Personal agency is very important to me. I recognise now that my underlying values, what really matters, haven't changed; what I do to live them has - no judgment, a personal choice that's liberating. I'm blessed to be able to make these choices.
I got the chills reading this, thank you, Sarah.
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This was really good.
Thank you, Moorea. I'm happy it spoke to you.
Thanks for your letter, Sarah.
I've done big board presentations, led global projects and teams and accomplished things/goals alone or with a team, but the one thing that I'm most proud of, that still amazes me, is how Mum and I managed to keep going, caring for Dad at home, until he passed in January 2020. September to January were the hardest months in my life, fraught, scary, with no sleep.
Victoria, reading your comment makes me think that one of the unexpected blessings of caregiving is how it can boost(?) us to a whole different plane of living.
Without these experiences, I would have become a different person. Not bad, but probably not the person I want to be. I've often said, "Max saved me from myself." Do you know what I mean?
Thank you, Victoria, for sharing your experiences, for your questions and thoughts, and the opportunities to explore all of these ideas!
💯 Sarah - I frequently reiterated to my Dad and now Mum, that it was my choice to resign and be with them, saying 'how Dad's nightmare/cruel hospitalisation liberated me from a conditioned state' (per my Head-Heart-Gut Poem). Personal agency is very important to me. I recognise now that my underlying values, what really matters, haven't changed; what I do to live them has - no judgment, a personal choice that's liberating. I'm blessed to be able to make these choices.
Beautiful, Victoria. Yes.