12. I give up

ONE DAY AT A TIME
Meditations for Carers
12. I give up
Luke 10.33b–35

For most of us, there comes a time when we cannot look after our loved ones appropriately or safely on our own at home. For some of us, our own health breaks down, and help is crucial. Bringing in a paid carer or having our loved ones go into residential care can be very painful. It feels like disloyalty. Admitting defeat. Failure. There’s guilt and lots of other negative feelings. But if you’ve got to the stage where simply saying to yourself or a friend, ‘I just can’t do this any longer’ gives you a feeling of relief, then it is time for a change in the way your loved one is cared for...


Taken from One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers by Dorothy M.Stewart