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#Repost @facesofcaring with @get_repost ・・・ 3/3 “In the palliative care unit, things were still miserable. There were still many horrible moments. He yelled some and he cried some and he was terrified. But he was clean and most days, using a special lift, they were able to get him out of bed into a wheelchair. We took him to sit in patches of sun by the windows. In his last weeks, he was never without one of us. My mother and I took shifts. Seven months after the family doctor called and told me the results of the MRI, my father died with my mother at his side. What I learned, what made my father’s horrible decline as good as it could be, was that if at all possible: have a family doctor for at least a few decades, try to live within a twenty-minute drive of a palliative care unit, ask for help.” #facesofcaring #palliativecare #careislove #careispatience #adviceforothers #Repost @facesofcaring with @get_repost ・・・ 2/3 “When he got sicker, after two emergency room visits, my parents moved in with me, so that I could help care for my father. He was confused and angry a lot of the time. There were a few precious moments; reading to him as he drifted off, listening to favorite songs as he nodded and tapped the table in time. There were some funny times too, like when he demanded spinach for supper. He had always hated spinach but humoring him I gave him a big bowl and much to our surprise he ate it all. There were many sad moments too, when wet and naked he couldn’t or wouldn’t get out of the shower and I had to ask my twenty year old son to help me move him, and when he soiled himself and as I cleaned him he yelled “stop, I’m hitting you, stop!” and I knew that even though the door was closed my fourteen year old could hear. He was an engineer, a teacher, a reader, and a deep thinker. It was horrible enough that he lost his intellect. As he got worse, he wouldn’t let us care for him physically. His fingernails grew long and dirty. His breathe fetid. I was lucky to know that there was another option, a good option. I had a colleague who was the doctor at the palliative care unit. I called him and he helped.” #facesofcaring #caregivers #caregiving #careislove #careispatience #dementiacare #dementia #palliativecare #Repost @facesofcaring with @get_repost ・・・ 1/3 “My father said, “I will not go gently into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light”. My father said, “They shoot horses, don’t they?” My father hated hospitals, wouldn’t go visit his friends there, and didn’t trust doctors, even though his daughter and son-in-law are a palliative care doctor and cardiologist respectively. My father checked his blood sugar religiously. My father had the same family doctor for fifty years. He lived in a different province than me, but we talked every week and visited regularly. But not enough. Not enough for me to notice whatever changes the family doctor was seeing that made him order an MRI. My father was diagnosed with a rapidly progressive multi-focal dementia.” #facesofcaring #dementiacare #careislove #careispatience #palliativecare #dementia #Repost @vote.victoria with @get_repost ・・・ POLLS ARE NOW OPEN!! 🌱🍃🌿 #Repost @vote.victoria with @get_repost ・・・ It’s time to get serious about our climate crisis. The @greenpartyofcanadaofficial is the only party that will reduce emissions by 60% by 2030 as per the recommendations of the @unitednations and the IPCC report. We have to act now. Vote Green this October 21st. 🌱🌿🍃 #GreenWave #ClimateCrisis #GreenforGalea #elxn43🗳 #Repost @channelofearth with @get_repost ・・・ @the_forestry_guy Plants 1 tree every time he is featured! As well as 1 for every 50 Followers! ❤️🌲 Give him a follow! “I can plant a tree however, together we can plant a forest!” - @the_forestry_guy @the_forestry_guy @the_forestry_guy @the_forestry_guy #globalwarming #climatechange #environment #earth #nature #savetheplanet #gogreen #climatechangeisreal #climate #sustainability #ecofriendly  #pollution #fridaysforfuture #climateaction #sustainable #recycle #climatestrike #gretathunberg #climatejustice #renewableenergy #science #climatecrisis #saveourplanet #zerowaste #goal #noplanetb #extinctionrebellion #prayforamazonia #actforamazonia #Repost @vote.victoria with @get_repost ・・・ Another successful all-candidate debate @mcmasteru !! Thank you to everyone who came out, the MSU, and mac votes for hosting! 🌱🍃🌿 #greenwave #cndelxn #elxn43 #GreenforGalea #Repost @vote.victoria with @get_repost ・・・ Catch the Green Wave how bout’ dah 🌊🌿 #Repost @jill.shireen with @get_repost ・・・ Did you see I'm starting a newsletter for Happy Hips Belly Dance?? Yay!! The Link is in my bio! Here's an idea of what it's all about: . . I said last week I was gonna get real and show more vulnerability. Because you should know, Happy Hips is an approach to self-care based on my experiences with depression and anxiety, and healing myself from within. . . Those of us who carry the memories of trauma in our bodies, get triggered in certain situations. It's part of the fabric of our lives. The sooner we accept these shadow aspects, the sooner we can live healthier lives as integrated adults. . . Last week, I done got triggered. You don't need to know the details. Some stressful stuff happened, and then some other things happened. My heart was pounding, I was feeling embarrassment, isolation and shame. Yuck. Nobody deserves that, amiright. . . Did I feel like crying? 100%. Was my body buzzing with chaos and anxiety? You bet. Did I recognize that I needed hugs? Hell yes. Did put my hands on my heart and tell myself everything was gonna be okay? Also, yes. . . I was able to do this thanks to the Shadow Work also known as Attachment Therapy I recently completed with the amazing @cassandra_solano. Because shit happens, and old habits die hard. Closing off to our emotions, being harsh with ourselves and unforgiving, comes far too easily, to far too many of us. . . . YOU DESERVE BALANCE, PEACE AND HAPPINESS DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND THAT YOU DON'T!! ANYONE TELLING YOU OTHERWISE (INCLUDING THE PATRIARCHY) SEEKS TO HARM YOU BY KEEPING YOU FROM YOUR POWER. . . . 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 CONTINUED IN COMMENTS: #Repost @eco_alyn with @get_repost ・・・ 💚♻️IN AWE OF THE STRENGTH AND UNITY THE YOUTH OF TODAY ARE SHOWING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE♻️💚 - 💬Thoughts on this young lady? - ➡️Follow @eco_alyn ➡️Follow @eco_alyn ➡️Follow @eco_alyn - 💚Spread the word and fight for this planet💚 - - - - #gretathunberg #sustainability #climatechange #recycle #bamboo #trees #saynotoplastic #nomoreplastic #planetorplastic #plasticsucks #greenpeace #plasticfreeoceans #lesswaste #strikes #savethewhales #savetheanimals #saveourplanet #carbonfootprint #breakfreefromplastic #climatechangeisreal #climateaction #nature #eco #ecofriendly #earth #gogreen #reuse #ocean #greenhousegases #Repost @ecojustice_ca with @get_repost ・・・ In the lead-up to tomorrow’s global #ClimateStrike, we asked three youth climate activists, Emma-Jane, Sophia, and Zoe, how to best back the Fridays for Future movement. They us two things: First, show up. Find out where your local strike is and make sure you’re there. Second, use your ability to vote for good. If you’re old enough to vote, you have a responsibility to cast your ballot for a safe climate future on October 21 (or in advanced polling). Read more on ecojustice.ca [link in bio] . . . . . . . . . #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #ClimateChange #climate #climatejustice #climateemergency #globalclimatestrike #climatechangeisreal #climatemarch #youthforclimate #Repost @vote.victoria with @get_repost ・・・ The sun is shining at Cactus Fest today! Be sure to come by the @greenpartycanada booth! We are located in front of @carnegie_gallery 🌱🌿🍃#greenpartyofcanada #cndpoli #HWAD #dundas. #Repost @climateempathy with @get_repost ・・・ Climate Empathy Green News | Aug 5th - Aug 11th⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ Check back for Green News, every Monday, 12:00pm EST.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ♻️ Follow @ClimateEmpathy for more positive climate change updates 💕⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #globalwarmingisreal ⠀ #climatechange #climatechangeisreal⠀ #climateaction #climatestrike #stopclimatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #globalwarming #globalwarmingisreal #greenhouse #carbon #sealevelrise #gogreen #myclimateresolution #plastickills #plasticfree #nowaste #savetheearth #savetheplanet #earthdayiseveryday #actonclimate #savethereef #ourplanet #uniteblue #plasticfreeforthesea #fuckfossilfuels #go100percent⠀ #greennews #gretathunberg ⠀ #Repost @ecoquotes with @get_repost ・・・ Did you know ‘if the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live’ - Einstein 🌎 . 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