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In the Words of A Family Caregiver
Thank you for your kind words and for this Honorary
Award for Caregivers that recognizes all those who
take care of their spouses during illness.
At this time, I’d like to thank my family and friends
and the organizations that helped me make this
journey of caregiving possible during my husband’s
long and enduring illness.
It was a very deep and blessed honor and privilege
to serve him in his last days. It was a final gift and
tribute of love bestowed upon him.
Love manifests itself in our actions. Honoring and
caring of the sick is expressing the sacred in a human
being. We nurse people not because they need us
but because we care about them.
Caregivers are silent and special groups of people in
our society that have been tenderized to feel other
people’s needs.
Caregivers speak up for those who cannot speak for
themselves, and for all their rights and needs.
Caregivers are the divine ambassadors for them.
We have to decide what matters most in our life and
who qualifies for a day or a moment of our time.
In the process of doing all the day to day tasks of
caregiving, a kind of intimacy develops that you’ve
never experienced before. I have to say that,
throughout these last few years of taking care of my
husband, the prayers and my faith kept my heart
beating – and also a quote from Mother Theresa of
Calcutta:
“Healing and caring of the sick is the greatest calling
you can have from your Creator.”
Thank you and God bless you all.
What do you think? Take a
moment now to send us an
email with your opinion and we will publish your
thoughts in the next issue.
John Paul Marosy
Editor and President,
Bringing Elder Care Home, LLC
John
Paul Marosy is the author of Elder Care: A
Six Step Guide to Balancing
Work and Family, available from Bringing Elder
Care Home Publishing online
at our Web site or by calling
508-854-0431.
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John Paul Marosy, President
Editor’s Note:
Lucille Frigon of
Spencer,
Massachusetts is a lifelong caregiver who took care
of her grandfather, mother, and brother.
Over the
past five years, she also cared for her husband who
was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He passed
away in March 2006.
Ms. Frigon made this statement at the “Celebrating
Massachusetts Family Caregivers” awards ceremony
conducted by the Massachusetts Executive Office of
Elder Affairs at the Senior Center in Worcester,
Massachusetts on November 1, 2006.
Questions? Call (508) 854-0431 or
email me any time.
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