Last year I requested of my brother in law Darryl that he buy me no Christmas or birthday presents, but just do the things on my “honey do” list, since I didn’t yet have a honey to do them. His gifts of time were invaluable to me. Darryl helped me downsize my storage unit from [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Meaningful gifts’
Our Gifts Cost Time, No Extra Money
Posted in Gift Ideas, tagged Free Gifts, Gifts, Gifts of Time, Meaningful gifts on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gifts: Recording Singalongs and Readalongs
Posted in Gift Ideas, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Cheap Gifts, Eldercare, Family, Gift Ideas, Gifts, Gifts of Time, Good Vibes, Laughter, Meaningful gifts, Music Therapy, Positive Attitude, Stroke on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 08:05:18 GMT When the nieces and nephews were young, they lived hours away, in Wisconsin and Washington, while I lived in Indiana. Still, I wanted to make sure they had fun memories of me. I wanted to make sure they knew how much I loved them. So, one year I recorded [...]
Bookmark This Heirloom-Quality Gift Idea: Captures the Power of the Human Voice
Posted in Gift Ideas, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Eldercare, Gift Giving, Gift Ideas, Good Vibes, Heirlooms, Heriloom-Quality Gift, Meaningful gifts, Memories, Music Therapy, Nursing Homes, Positive Attitude, Preserving Memories, Products, Stroke, VoiceQuilt on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, October 18, 2008 21:49:38 GMT Rarely do we run across an invention, a touching, heirloom-quality gift idea, which everyone should have in their “gift giving ideas” file. The VoiceQuilt keepsake box ( www.voicequilt.com ) is one of those discoveries: one likely to evoke tears of appreciation. This gift, created on the premise that “loving [...]
Giving Mom Choices, Control and Dignity
Posted in Eldercare, tagged Ann-itudes (+ Attitudes), Aphasia, Caregiver, Caregiving, Choices, Control, Dementia, Dignity, Eldercare, Meaningful gifts, Nursing Homes, Positive Attitude, Stroke, Stroke-Induced Dementia on August 13, 2008 |
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 18:14:31 GMT Whenever I can, I give Mom a choice. That may not seem like a big gift, but when so many others at the nursing home just tell her what to do, it is a heartfelt gift of dignity, control and respect. The choices are always simple to me, but [...]
