Category: caregiving
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Why Independence Doesn’t Mean Doing Everything Alone
Living Independently: The PCA Journey — Part Seven Our Beautiful Challenges — Marie W.O.W.C.P. For a long time, I thought independence meant doing everything myself. If I could do something without help, I was independent. If I needed someone to help me, somehow that felt different. As a woman with cerebral palsy who spent years…
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Building Trust With My PCA
Living Independently: The PCA Journey — Part Five Our Beautiful Challenges — Marie W.O.W.C.P. Trusting a PCA can almost be like trusting a partner. That might sound like an unusual comparison, but when you think about how involved a PCA can become in your everyday life, it makes sense. Depending on what kind of assistance…
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The Friend Who Helped Bring Us Back Together
Relationships & Connection,Gratitude & Reflection Our Beautiful Challenges — Marie Sometimes, the people who have the biggest impact on our lives are not always the people we expect. And sometimes the people we lose continue shaping our lives long after they are gone. Lately, I’ve been thinking about my best friend, Annette, and how grateful…
OUR BEAUTIFUL CHALLENGES 