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	<title>Open to Hope Foundation &#187; Carol O&#039;Dell</title>
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		<title>Do the Holidays Feel Like Too Much? How Caregivers and Families Find Joy in the Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you feel like there&#8217;s just too much to do during the holiday season?
If you’re caregiving, I&#8217;d be willing to bet that your stress levels are ramping on up there about now.  
It&#8217;s not that it&#8217;s not all good ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Unlikely Caregiver: Black Sheep of the Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol O&#39;Dell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is funny. Sometimes the most rebellious of us, the teen gone bad, the unwed mother of three, the Harley brother in leather and bandanas and lots of tattoos becomes the best caregiver, the most thoughtful ...]]></description>
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		<title>Are You the Black Sheep Sibling? The Unlikely Caregiver?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol O&#39;Dell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[black sheep]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is funny. Sometimes the most rebellious of us, the teen gone bad, the unwed mother of three, the Harley brother in leather and bandanas  and lots of tattoos who become the best caregiver, the ...]]></description>
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		<title>When Caregiving Takes Its Own Sweet Time, Pace Yourself for the Long Haul</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol O&#39;Dell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have the privilege of meeting many, many caregivers&#8211;and some of them have been at this for a long, long time. Some caregivers are caring for both parents, some a spouse with a chronic disease, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does Alzheimer&#8217;s Effect People Differently?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol O&#39;Dell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alzheimer&#8217;s does different things to different people.
I&#8217;ve heard some people say their spouse or parent got sweeter. &#8220;Not my mother,&#8221; I say in return, laughing (and almost crying at the same time) at some of ...]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Don&#8217;t Leave Me Here Without You&#8217; &#8211; Why Caring For a Spouse is So Difficult</title>
		<link>http://opentohope.com/dealing-with-loss/death-of-a-spouse/dont-leave-me-here-without-you-why-caring-for-a-spouse-is-so-difficult/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol O&#39;Dell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Carol O&#8217;Dell &#8211;
For many of us,?caregiving for a spouse is in our future. We like to not think about it, or at least imagine that it&#8217;s a long, long time from now. For many, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Mother&#8217;s Day When Mom&#8217;s Gone, Turn Bitter Into Sweet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol O&#39;Dell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mother’s Day ican be bitter-sweet if your mom&#8217;s no longer here.
It&#8217;s so hard to say the word, “dead,” and in many ways, our loved ones live on&#8211;in thoughts, in stories, in how they continue to impact ...]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Honey, Grandma Died&#8221; Talking to Your Children About Tough Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol O&#39;Dell</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s so, so hard to have to tell your son or daughter that their grandfather, grandmother, or parent has died. We dread it so much that we avoid it, but this is a time when ...]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Dreading the Death Date of a Loved One?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol O&#39;Dell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how much you try not to think about it, you dread the day your loved one died. It&#8217;s especially hard, those first couple of anniversaries. Perhaps you spent years caregiving and you&#8217;re dealing ...]]></description>
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		<title>Does Caregiving Stress Your Marriage? Grow Closer in Your Caregiving Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol O&#39;Dell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is caregiving hard on a marriage? It can be. But it can also be a wake-up call. Sometimes our  marriage can be defined by what we&#8217;ve survived. Yes, caregiving was stressul on marriage&#8211;at times. I ...]]></description>
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