“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” – Annie Dillard Last week, my friend and fellow caregiving activist Helen Ries and I met for coffee. We were on a mission that day to chat with two remarkable innovators from Australia, Eddie Bartnik and Anne
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: The Film ‘Boyhood’: Reflections on Holding On and Letting Go
A date night with my husband Jim doesn’t happen often. We have fallen into our habits of cooking dinner together, followed by reading or watching a British television drama. Sometimes, though, a movie or play catches my eye and I peek out of my turtleshell long enough to organize an
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