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    From Caregiver to Caring
    From Caregiver to Caring
    From Caregiver to Caring
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    From Caregiver to Caring

    By Simone Phillips

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    For 3 years Simone was in a tunnel with no end. Her husband Liam was dying of an incurable disease that required constant attention. During the end she hoped that Liam would be dead when she returned from work and would blame herself for having such thoughts and feeling.

    Disease does not just affect the diseased. It can create pain and suffering for the caregiver, rip families apart and destroy even the best relationships. The caregiver is often the forgotten partner and their lives become a shadow to the disease. Simone talks openly and honestly about the fear, the frustration and pain of wishing it was all over. What she discovered was that she was not wrong for having these thoughts and feelings.

    Filled with humor, sadness, tears and the joy of finding the light at the end of the tunnel, this story not only gives you hope but gives you tools to help you find what the lights is at the end of your tunnel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWhat Else is Possible?
    Release dateAug 12, 2014
    ISBN9780980292770
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      From Caregiver to Caring - Simone Phillips

      From Caregiver to Caring

      By Simone Phillips

      ISBN:

      Publisher: What Else is Possible?

      Smashwords Edition.

      This book is also available in paperback edition.

      © Simone Phillips 2010

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Major contributor: Gary Douglas of Access Consciousness

      Cover Photo and Design: Liam Phillips

      Sketches: David Jarman

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to everyone who is willing to choose!

      Table of Contents

      My Life Up to Now

      An Exploration of ‘Togetherness’

      How Do You Choose for You?

      Half an Hour in Bed

      Kill, Kill, Kill

      Going Mad or Just Depressed?

      Help is on its Way

      Being in Total Allowance

      A Light at the End of the Tunnel

      Rehabilitation With Ease

      All of Life Comes to Me With Ease, Joy and Glory!

      What is the Light at the End of the Tunnel?

      Being Grateful

      Chapter 1: My Life Up To Now

      Once upon a time I thought I wanted to live a fairytale.

      I would like to introduce myself to you, the reader, before plunging into an account about a challenging part of my life. This is to give you a little bit of background in order for things to make more sense later. So in a nutshell: I was born in Germany and migrated with my father and step mum to Australia in 1980; I was 13 years old at the time. We landed in Melbourne and over the years I moved up the East Coast living in Byron Bay, Brisbane, Mackay and Cairns. I studied and became a teacher, a massage therapist, a meditation teacher, a tour guide – you name it, I can do it (within reason). I guess I can call myself a ‘Jack of all trades and master of none’. This is the short version of my life spanning 30 years in Australia.

      I had three volatile and interesting relationships with three men. These relationships varied in length and they occurred consecutively not simultaneously; had they occurred at the same time, my life would probably look different now. Or perhaps I would be living in a different time, dimension, place or even culture?

      Then in 1994, five years into my teaching career I met a man named Liam. We did the fast dating thing and by this I mean we went out, got drunk and started a physical relationship. He lived 200km away at that time and we commuted every weekend over 12 months. I think we were crazy. No, let me rephrase that: we are crazy. Then we moved in together and I heard that in a leap year the woman is allowed to ask the man to get married. It was 1996, I popped the question,

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