I am watching my boys growing and I am stunned at how quickly their childhoods are giving way to eventual adulthood. I get ahead of myself a bit perhaps – they’re only 9 and 11 – but they’re over half way to what we typically think of as ‘grown up’. So I feel entitled to [...]
Filed under: family, musings on October 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
(Photo: not always a poster boy!)
[Apologies in advance to those I offend with the following post.]
A friend of mine used a term the other day: compassion fatigue. A numbness to the horrors of a particular situation, usually due to overexposure or experience. It’s a risk to which all front-line healthcare and caregiver professionals are exposed [...]
Filed under: musings on October 10th, 2009 | 4 Comments »