Telling Our Story

"When was the last time you told your story?" Question put to the sick by a Native American Medicine Man

Many healing models are based in telling your story:  therapy, the 12 Step Programs, Beginning Experience and Marriage Encounter.  It is believed that in the telling of your story, you heal -- and you inspire others to heal too.  As humans, other's stories are often similar to our own.  If it can happen for any human, then it could be true for us too.  Evolution and myths would suggest this to be true.  That is the basis of this blog:  that in telling our story others may be helped.  Caregiving is a lonely, isolated role.  Finding ways to reach out to others and to find support from others is important to help us combat the stress and loneliness of this path.  Telling their story is important too, for the person with dementia.  As caregivers, one of the things we can offer is a listening ear.  If not our own, then someone else's ear.  In this way we can each tell our story, be honored and find support.