Seeking Status Quo
Family Caregiver ChallengesSo this happened a few years ago: I wrote a novel about my personal experiences being a caregiver for my father who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in his early 80s.
The novel genre usually means fiction, but everything within my book depicts either my personal experience or those of caregivers with whom I supported as an Alzheimer’s Association group facilitator.
I don’t think enough positive attention is given to the phrase status quo. When you are caring for someone with a health condition, boy oh boy do you hope and pray for a return to the pre-caregiver status. Being a caregiver for a loved one creates the desire to enter back into a time when illness or upheaval were not present, both for the caregiver’s sake and that of the person for whom they provide care.
Perhaps you, too, have been or are currently a caregiver, or you are hoping for a return to a time devoid of chaos and uncertainty, and you need a diversion from this, that, or the other that permeates your purview. Maybe my novel will plant a seed of hope in you that you thought had dried up forever.
That is my hope for you. That is my prayer for you.
Living: the ultimate team sport 