Writing about Being My Mom’s Care Giver
ByI didn’t think I would write much about this. But then I realized that most of what I experience on a day to day basis, is caring for my elderly Mom. So I realized that I sort of wanted to hide this part of my life from this blog. And as I have considered and contemplated writing about it or not, I see that not writing about would be a mistake for many reasons.
First of all, caring for my Mom is a major reason why I have so many ups and downs when working on my blog and other projects. So it actually effects my blog anyway! Remember how a few days ago I was inspired and was working towards really delving into David Whyte’s work? And then I dropped out and only posted small–non-inspired probably posts? I was going through a rough time during the holidays with my Mom.
So this morning as fate would have it, I found a CD about dealing with irritations. I listened to the first part of it and my perspective about “dealing” with my Mom has started to change. I will also be writing about this after I listen to the whole CD and also personally work with it more myself.
The CD is by a Meditation Teacher who teaches in universities and has done lots of research on his way of teaching. He tends towards bringing in his Zen Buddhist background, but I assure you that any one of any faith can benefit from this. I actually worked with his CD program on pain years ago when I had a pain in my finger and nothing I did, including massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, meditation, relaxation…none of it would touch it. His name is Shinzen Young.
