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Member Experiences . . .

Stories

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Please enjoy these member stories which appeared in our Mainstay newsletter or other publications for the first time.  You must be logged in as a supporting WSA member to see the following stories:

Acceptance - the Key to a Future
After Caregiving
Clutter Queen
David - Death of a Caregiver
Does Faith Matter When You're A Well Spouse          
Dying & Living - The Ambiguity of Life as a Spousal Caregiver         
Eureka - A Way to Fill the Vacuum Left by Her
Flying        
40 Years of Caregiving
Go Gently Into That New Year
An Inside Story - Long Term Caregiving 
Katrina Rescue - Part 2         
Katrina Rescue - Part 1              
New Guides for Managing Transitions in Care         
Open Letter to the Family & Friends of a C-4* Quadriplegic          
Railroad - The Ramp and Porch Project         
Railroad - Canine Caregiver         
Railroad - We Are Not A Display         
Railroad - Wheelchair Shopping         
Railroad - Introduction
Receipts
Sexuality and the Well Spouse       
Shidduchim And The Former Well Spouse
Valentine's Day - Fleeting Fluff 
Well Spouse Fitness at Home

Do you have a story you would like to share in an upcoming issue of Mainstay, in the Member Minute, or on the Website?  Please email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or send it to:

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1 Caregiver Olympians 785
2 Confessions of a Well Spouse 2610
3 Coping with Stress 2226
4 Endangered Memories 811
5 Everyone Has Their Own Story 2609
6 Expectations & Stress 1953
7 Meet Julia Child, Well Spouse 2064
8 Money Matters - Financial Planning for Caregivers 1739
9 My Mantra 1916
10 Playing the Canada Card: an American Caregiver's Experience 3945
11 Redefining Normal 1872
12 Resiliency in Caregivers 1604
13 Riding the Waves 1593
14 Someday 1470
15 Swallowed by a Boa Constrictor 2352
16 The Caregiver Journey 1800
17 The Most Loving Thing 939
18 The Well Spouses I Know 1317
19 To Sleep, Perchance to Dream 710
20 To Stay or To Go 370
21 Top 10 Things Caregivers Don't Want to Hear 2574
22 Top Ten Signs you Need a Time Out 1916
23 Transitioning from Well Spouse to Former Well Spouse 2175
24 Trauma First Aid 1546
 

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Did You Know . . .

Greg Henson Pop Music
 

 Download, and Support WSA

The WSA is pleased and excited about a fundraising project one of our friends has undertaken. Greg Henson, singer/songwriter, has just released “Pop Music,” an album dedicated to raising funds for the Well Spouse Association and The Michael J. Fox Foundation.

Sample audio tracks  

 7. Something in the Air Tonight

 8. Poor Lonely Joan

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WSA Stories

The Most Loving Thing

The Most Loving Thing

By Dizzy -- WSA Support Group Leader, Forum and WSA Member 

A year ago today I walked out of the assisted living community without her.  It was quiet--deeply quiet--walking alone to my rented car and driving away.  Away.  A dreadful word loomed just beyond my sense of exhaustion, relief and freedom.  I didn't think about it head-on, but it lurked there waiting.  Abandonment.

A series of illness had hijacked her, and me, and dropped us in a strange land.  Her with dementia, me with my own madness for which I have no name.  It is the madness of loss--loss of a lovely home, a good job, friends, family, retirement, travel, community, intimacy, companionship--peace

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