There’s a few guarantees in life that are not all that
P L E A S A N T
Here’s one:
The Other Side of the Sheets are Always
R o u g h e r
S c r a t c h i e r
More A b r a s i v e. . .
N O T C O M F O R T A B L E
In 3 7 5 days
a lot can happen;
much can happen in
3 7 5 s e c o n d s
or blinks of an eye. . .
3 7 5
days ago my wife Erin had
Five back to back to back to back to back
s e i z u r e s;
after five days of testing,
some of it, very painful
we were sent home
with a not so firm diagnosis of
viral meningitis. . .
but after a year of recovering
r e c o u p i n g
and still having on/off
f o c a l s e i z u r e s
we spent another short week at
The Epilepsy Lab
at the Cleveland Clinic
and now have a firm diagnosis of
Left Temporal Epilepsy;
most likely managed with
the right medications
which may take some tinkerings
that finds us on the
r o u g h
s c r a t c h y
a b r a s i v e
n o t c o m f o r t a b l e
O T H E R S I D E O F T H E S H E E T S
There have been plenty of studies done about
how miserable
The Other Side of the Sheets
can actually be
for those who spend most of their time on
the more comfortable
more familiar
less irritating
BEST SIDE OF THE SHEETS
of Caregiving:
W E D O N ‘ T L I K E I T !
There’s a Universe of Difference between
C A R E G I V I N G
and
C A R E G E T T I N G,
But T H E L E S S O N
is invaluable for either side of the Sheets:
YOUR SUFFERING
is
MY SUFFERING
and
MY SUFFERING
is
YOUR SUFFERING
and no matter how rumpled the sheets
either side. . .
we can all do our part
to make sure they are a lot
s m o o t h e r. . .
adding a little compassionate care
is the softener
necessary to make
both sides of the sheets
h e a l i n g;
. . .now pass me the pillow case,
p l e a s e,
I T C A N A L W A Y S A L I T T L E M O R E C O M F Y