THE BUDDHIST CARER

Up late this morning Another snooze at lunchtime Clearly needs the rest. The tiredness of life - of living, ageing, dying - catches up...

Things in the diary. Good intentions to meet up don't always pan out. Better not to plan? To avoid disappointment? Or just hold lightly...

Bang! Go the fireworks that usher in a New Year. What can we expect? Back to work this week on top of everything else. Bang! He's had a...

The house feels so bare. Christmas decorations down, to be stored away. And so we move on, embracing our mundane life. And contemplating....

A New Year's resolution? No New Year's resolutions! Living day to day. Precarious stairs! His first shower of the year. Today's...

A happy new year? So much pain and destruction. Wars. Earthquakes. Suffering.

As this year closes Rejoicing in what has been Grateful for all that. Now turning my gaze To that which is yet to come Facing it head on.

Christmas Eve is here Preparations underway Some things never change. Two bathrooms cleaned Bedding sorted for our guest. Hubbie is...

I'm trying to dismantle how I think about time, especially the tendency to think that time is linear. Past - present - future. Tick tock,...

Christmas approaches. More shopping done than usual. The caring goes on.

Where else do I need to go to learn about myself, about compassion, about suffering, about impermanence, about mindfulness than right...

"I would like to die with a pair of secateurs in my hand" he says.

Please come to Finland Just for a half day meeting. Can't see that happ'ning.

Up four times last night. His confusion off the scale. So vulnerable.

Saw this on Facebook, It rang a few bells for me. Pretty much clueless.

Bloods tests been done to rule out an infection. If only it was.

Letting people down, or looking after me? Need to say "no" more! That dreaded list of things I said I'd happily do is more like a noose....

I'm back at work now. It's a way to use my brain And forget the rest.

I've just heard some news. The worst you can imagine. How that mother mourns.

Not sustainable Waiting hand and foot on him. Conserve energy!