by Joan Borton | Sep 21, 2023 | Joan Borton
Authors often compare the publishing process as a birth of their book baby. Though I’ve never birthed a child, I can resonate with the pangs of delivering a book. Babies and new moms get baby showers. Book babies and their author get a Book Launch Party (but you don’t...
by Joan Borton | Jun 7, 2023 | Caregivers, Joan Borton, Reflections
In our last post, Ideas to Help a Caregiver Care Again, I shared ways we can recognize and work through the feelings of weariness, overwork, loneliness, etc. that sometimes plaque caregivers. In this post, I’ll share some ideas to stay ahead of those feelings, or...
by Joan Borton | Sep 16, 2020 | Joan Borton
Caregivers can spot one another across a parking lot. We recognize the look on their face, be it glazed, incredulous, or laser-focused. We identify because it’s our life too. It is good to remember we are not alone. A few years ago I asked many of my caregiving...
by Joan Borton | Aug 19, 2020 | Joan Borton
Written by Joan Borton Photo by David Bartus from Pexels Some days surprises pop up in the most unexpected ways. One might think I have a handle on living with disability after nearly a quarter of a century married to Jerry. Born with cerebral palsy, he...
