Comments on: Study: Hello Illness, Goodbye Marriage http://www.mscaregiver.com/study-hello-illness-goodbye-marriage/ Doing Your Best Does Make it Better Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:47:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Richard Thorne http://www.mscaregiver.com/study-hello-illness-goodbye-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Richard Thorne Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:47:50 +0000 http://www.mscaregiver.com/?p=186#comment-147 The term says it all, doesn't it: caregiver. To CARE you must be a GIVER. Having been there and worn the dirty t-shirt, I walked that walk, and actually found the journey to be a blessing. The last nine years of her dear life with MS were confined to her bed. That is when real caregiving is realized. I got to take care of her ... I didn't have to take care of her. We both were blessed. The term says it all, doesn’t it: caregiver. To CARE you must be a GIVER. Having been there and worn the dirty t-shirt, I walked that walk, and actually found the journey to be a blessing. The last nine years of her dear life with MS were confined to her bed. That is when real caregiving is realized. I got to take care of her … I didn’t have to take care of her. We both were blessed.

]]> By: Too Many Blessings and Not Enough Time! | Multiple Sclerosis Caregiving http://www.mscaregiver.com/study-hello-illness-goodbye-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Too Many Blessings and Not Enough Time! | Multiple Sclerosis Caregiving Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:33:12 +0000 http://www.mscaregiver.com/?p=186#comment-139 [...] I’ve written before about men and women who walk away. And I shared my perspective on that – if a partner walks away because of MS, he or she probably wasn’t really there to start with. MS is not a barrier to an excellent marriage – even if the chaotic effects of Multiple Sclerosis bang against your marital relationship. [...] [...] I’ve written before about men and women who walk away. And I shared my perspective on that – if a partner walks away because of MS, he or she probably wasn’t really there to start with. MS is not a barrier to an excellent marriage – even if the chaotic effects of Multiple Sclerosis bang against your marital relationship. [...]

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