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Getting all kinds of scammer email from a recent posting on Craig's List I put up. Now, having lots of fun messing with them. h

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MomJunk/MomTreasure

8/25/09 9:08am by zazupitts
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Mom's treasurers were piled up all over her home ... lining the walls, shelves, tops of dressers and spilling off of coffee tables. I called these cheap china figurines "MomJunk." In the end, the MomJunk was the highlight of her memorial service.  Read more >

Career changes when You're a Caregiver...Lots of Blessings & Surprises

5/5/09 7:39am by zazupitts
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Caregiving has given me a lot of challenges in life... but a few surprising blessings. It prompted a total career change -- actually multiple career changes -- and opened whole new worlds to me.   When I started on my journey in Caregiverland, I had always thought I would be a journalist for life. I looooved the newsroom...the rhythms, the banter, the constant flow of interesting people and events. Never ever considered another career.    Read more >

Caregiving: How It's Like Being a Mommie

3/17/09 12:23pm by zazupitts
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I've been thinking lately about how caregiving has taught me what it's like to be a mommie. I'm a 40-something woman with infertility issues... so the world of mommies is out of my league. BUT... I did have care of two fragile adults for many years...they turned into my kids in the usual role reversal that caregiving does to ya.   And I think it taught me a lot about what it is like to be a mommie.  Maybe mommies who turned into caregivers for their parents were better prepared for the task than I was.   Has anyone had the same experience?  Read more >

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Full Name
ladyofcaregiverland
Member Since
December 2008
About Me: 

Editor of Welcome to Caregiverland, a blog about caregiving.

 Journalist and long-time caregiver to two ailing parents.

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