Stories that Bridge Heart and Heaven
Hello dear Reader, welcome to my blog which I will explain more fully in the post entitled The First Word. The Coles Note version really sums to an invitation, an invitation Continue Reading →
Making my way along a carpeted hallway, I admired the bucolic prints of warm-hearted country scenes adorning the walls between suites. Moving at a brisk pace so as not to Continue Reading →
The burden of my choice weighed heavily. An impulse decision to help an aged friend had landed me in a desert landscape riddled with desert guilt. My insides gnawed. I Continue Reading →
Before leaving Montreal for a desert drive to Toronto, we stopped by a Jean Coutu to fill Pam’s rehab hospital prescription (refer backstory: https://carolinmparadis.com/2024/03/17/desert-luck/). The diversion to a pharmacy was Continue Reading →
“Okay, I got lucky. Humber Heights has a room. At least we have one good thing happening in this pandemic.” It was desert luck (refer backstory: https://carolinmparadis.com/2024/03/10/desert-decision/). My cousin Sue, Continue Reading →
Finally, a breakthrough. A desert decision. Decades as a head nurse deferring to doctors’ directives is likely what distilled Pam’s stubborn independence (refer to backstory: https://carolinmparadis.com/2024/03/03/desert-dementia/). Dorothée made headway with Continue Reading →
In a desert, lost people deprived of shelter and water hallucinate. Minds deteriorate and perceptions dim to desert dementia. The Pandemic did that to older people. Social and physical loss Continue Reading →
Arriving in Montreal as desert strangers to help my mother’s aged and hospitalized friendꟷa fellow retired nurse from Englandꟷit wasn’t long before we sorted roles (refer backstory: https://carolinmparadis.com/desert-grace/2024/02/18/). My sister-in-law Continue Reading →
It’s not like we had a definitive plan. There was no clear-cut direction to help my mother’s ninety-one-year-old friend; no desert grace to guide us on a desert journey (refer Continue Reading →
It’s been a long pause since my last blog post in March 2021 on Lent Recalibrates Relationships (https://carolinmparadis.com/2021/02/28/lent-recalibrates-relationships/). It’s not what I intended, but I have good reasons. I was Continue Reading →
Common during Lent is the spiritual discipline of abstinence. We give up things like alcohol, sweets, meat or even all foods during daylight hours if we choose to fast. We Continue Reading →