The First Thing On Your To Do List

Written by Tammy Gonzales


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Considerrepparttar following: ·Current age, life style and activity. ·How you feel about doctors, caregivers and care-giving environments. ·Your religious beliefs and your morals, values and ethical attitudes about care and illness. ·Attitude about control and independence andrepparttar 111010 possible loss. ·Health, illness, fearful situations of death and dying. When you are ready to appoint a health care agent you may want to select some one you trust and understands your decisions. The person you select can be a spouse/partner, family member or a friend. It needs to be some one who is willing to act on your behalf. Some individuals may not be able to act on your behalf if they do not understand or agree with what you determine isrepparttar 111011 best and appropriate treatment for you. It is important to clarify what you want to reduce any remorseful feelings. Keep in mind that health care agents can make medical decisions when you are unable to, not just at life end.

You can obtain Advance Directives and Medical Power of Attorneys from your local hospital, long-term care facility, your physician may have them available, your local libraries reference desk, and your local Senior Law Office.

Partnership for Caring – Provides additional information about Advance Directives and Health Care powers of Attorney. They also provide forms that you can download for free. All they require is you completing a simple registration form. They do not share your information. Go to this link now to get your free Advance Directives: http://www.partnershipforcaring.org/HomePage/index.html



Tammy Gonzales, Life Coach, her current project, Caregiver & Aging Awareness Campaign to direct caregivers and the aging to resources to complete their life planning.


A Mommy Moment

Written by Kim Bloomer


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On one of our “days” together, my husband and I were inrepparttar kitchen talking. My husband was working a swing type shift forrepparttar 111009 US Postal Service back then and hadn’t left for work yet. “Macky cheese” was cooking onrepparttar 111010 stove, not yet ready for my nephew to do his part of addingrepparttar 111011 cheese and stirring,repparttar 111012 stereo was blaring inrepparttar 111013 background, my dog was trucking around keeping an eye on my nephew. My nephew was skipping around in a circle nearby making toddler noises.

Then it happened –repparttar 111014 “mommy moment”. I stopped talking to my husband to look at my nephew and sort of chuckle at his toddler singing noises, and looked around in a sort of daze, thinking, “This is a mommy moment!” This is what moms do all day and never think twice about it in order to keep their sanity and their selves intact. My nephew had blended into my life almost so seamlessly, that I had become comfortable withrepparttar 111015 routine and noises while keeping an ever vigilant eye open for him and yet continuing on in my daily chores.

This is what all you moms do daily, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week! All I can say is, with much ado, you are all phenomenal women, all of you! God has gifted you with such a tremendous gift of motherhood and with that gift comes a tremendous responsibility. You fixrepparttar 111016 “boo boos”, changerepparttar 111017 diapers, are chauffeur, chef, arbitration expert, financial wizard, stain masters, and so much, much more! Moms, you have allrepparttar 111018 skills required to run conglomerates just by what is required to be a mom. Remember that duringrepparttar 111019 struggles that inevitably ensue, and grab one of those “mommy moments” from your treasure box to get you through. I do, and I’m not even a mom.

“Listen my son, accept what I say, andrepparttar 111020 years of your life will be many. I guide you inrepparttar 111021 way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble. Hold onto instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.” Proverbs 4: 10 – 13, NIV. Let’s not forget Proverbs 31 either!

Kim Bloomer operates a home business in wellness, www.aspenbloomnutrition.com . She is also publisher of a pet wellness channel, www.Aspenbloom-WellPet.com Kim is co-founder of channel KTEH, an online marketing advertising co-op, www.KickTheEmailHabit.net and website www.KickTheEmailHabit.com or just go to http://KimBloomer.com for an “all inclusive” look.


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