Table of Contents
SETTING OUT ON THE PATH OF CAREGIVING.
What Family Caregiving Is: I Am a Caregiver.
Women and Caregiving: The Spirit of Christmas Present.
The Medical/Financial Maze: A Sacred Sorrow.
Caring for Aging Parents: Into the Abyss.
Spousal Caregiving: Do Not Resuscitate.
EMOTIONAL WILDERNESS.
The Nature of Loss.
The Stresses of Caregiving: Blessings.
Caregivers and Depression.
Hitting Bottom: To the Stars through Difficulty.
BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE.
Support Strategies and Everyday Miracles.
Caregivers, Religion, and Spirituality.
End-of-Life Concerns.
Caregiving as a Rites of Passage: Fancy Nightmares.
RECLAIMING LIFE.
Awakening the Heart: Thank You for Everything.
The Urge to Serve: Out Love Will Never End.
Caregiving and Community.
Appendix.
Reference Notes.
Index.