Way 7 out of Caregiving Wilderness- Being part of a Community

The thing about community...you don't always know you need it until you are in the midst of them.  Here we are singing as part of our annual L'Arche

retreat.  All join as they are ready and continue to sing throughout the weekend.
Getting ready to participate in art, stories is a way to reconnect.

Community group events are like Oasis in the desert of caregiving.    Caregivers and those we love need communities to share our lives with.  We "get" each other in ways no one else can.  Although sometimes I feel a bit grumpy about group events because of exhaustion usually, I always return reinvigorated.  This says a lot about a person who rather spend 99% of her day alone...not kidding! 

If you do not have a regular group of people you gather with to have fun or hang with it is time you find one.  There are many community groups out there.  Some meet yearly and some monthly.  If you don't have one start one.  There are many people like you needing an Oasis in their lives of caregiving!

Plus where else do I get to wear crazy hats and outfits!
Peace!
Georgia