What is Next After Caregiving Ends

This blog is for those who want to find their way to sunny skies. It is possible after a journey as a caregiver and raising children that we can find ourselves again.  Care giving is always a hard job regardless of who you are caring for.  It can drain you emotionally and it can also make you appreciate life itself.

I wanted to write again after a busy year of moving and decided that my blog "My Four Legged Friend Laney",  had run its course.  Laney gave me a purpose in my life to get up every day and face a scary journey of cancer, an empty nest, and over whelming anxiety of the uncertainty of life.  I will always be grateful for the times with Laney and her unconditional love.  She passed onto doggy heaven in February of 2017. The blog will remain but I will redirect readers to this one.  This blog is dedicated to Laney the best friend ever and the reason I started blogging.

I have always felt better when the sun shines.  It is my medicine to chase away the blues.  People who live in areas where there is a lot of sunshine are generally happy.  Perhaps it is the Vitamin D that we get from sunshine that is making us happy.   For me seeing sunshine makes me smile.

If you ever find your self under the clouds I can tell you that there is sunshine when the clouds part.  I have spent a couple of years finding myself and I feel like I am now under the sunny skies.  It didn't happen overnight but with a little help from cognitive behavior therapy and loving myself  I am enjoying life again.

Moving has been helpful for me as I have gone through boxes of memories from childhood to the present.  I realized that long before blogging I was writing.  It is some thing that I am passionate about.  It brings joy to me to write.  It was fun to find some of my writings from four decades ago.
I am growing older and every day is a gift and I intend to write as much as I can.

When caregiving ends it is difficult to get back to your life.  It takes time to assume a new role as perhaps you have lost a loved one or given up a career.   There is hope that you can build a new life for yourself.  You are not alone.  

There is the Care Giver Alliance which has a lot of valuable information about how to transition after caregiving ends.  You can visit the site at https://www.caregiver.org/when-caregiving-ends .

I hope I can inspire people to love their life.💓

Life is beautiful 

Elizabeth