Sprained Toe & the 5 Stages of Grieving

Last Wednesday I sprained the base of my 3rd toe on my left foot on one of the boulders around our pond. I was cleaning the pond filter and in a bit of hurry to finish my to-do list before I left for a trip to Boulder, Colorado. I was so concerned with ticking off my list that I didn’t pay much attention to the pain in my foot—except that I had a scrape on the inside of my toe and some nail polish had come off. Little did I know that this (stupid little) toe would cause me significant ‘grief’... 

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Loneliness and Caregiving

I wrote this blog on caregiving.com and I wanted to share my message on my website as well… Dr. Cacioppo wrote a book called Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection. He says that humans need a deep connection with the people around us and, without it, there is a higher risk for chronic disease and early death. There was a study in 2007 at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center that showed that lonely people were twice as likely to get Alzheimer’s disease late in life.... 

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