Archive | October, 2009
owenandangus

Good enough

by jennifer on 15. Oct, 2009 in family, musings

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 [...]

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Compassion Fatigue

by jennifer on 10. Oct, 2009 in musings

(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 [...]

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