by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 3, 2014 | Caregiving
If you had to boil your story down to one sentence, what would it be? Essentially, this exercise demands that we know the point of our stories. Surviving adversity, finding true love, experiencing rare friendship, our stories will be most effective if they have a...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 29, 2014 | Caregiving
Challenge. Choice. Outcome. Perhaps these three words could form the template for your story. Often, we get stuck in challenge. But, we have choices about how we interpret and talk about those challenges! While we may tend towards either/or story telling,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 23, 2014 | Caregiving
Sometimes in the telling of our stories, we get stuck. Stuck? Yes. Here are a few common contributors: 1. Guilt. We may have trouble forgiving ourselves. To be sure, we all make mistakes in the course of living through adversity. Even with all of the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 15, 2014 | Caregiving
Orientation. Disorientation. Reorientation. This is one way that my wife and I think about our 10 year journey of caregiving and chronic illness. My wife has lived with Dermatomyositis for 10 years as of this summer, and I am very proud of her. She continually...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 13, 2014 | Caregiving
She confused me. Talented, smart, and decisive, she infused the air around her with energy and kindness. So, I kept recruiting her to help me. And, she continually declined. Politely. Finally, I convinced her to help lead a project. She brought creativity and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 3, 2014 | Caregiving
I remember as a kindergartner an uncomfortable time when my buddy and I were being harassed by an overgrown 1st grader. With a high pitched, yet threatening tone, my friend pointed to me and warned this bigger kid, “This is my partner, Bruce, and he’s...
