self care

This, Too, is Self Care

Diane Harper

Last month, I wrote about the challenges and stresses of elder care. What I didn’t mention was that I have been sick since January 14. What started off as an ordinary cold morphed into bacterial bronchitis. Antibiotics knocked out the bronchitis but I was left with what I suspect is an ear infection. I have booked another appointment with my doctor – the third one in as many months, when I normally see him no more than once a year.

When I think of self care, I usually conjure up images of women using ridiculously expensive face creams, or indulging in a spa treatment. This week, self care looks like reading in bed, sleeping, and remembering to brush my teeth.

Pandora, my kitty guardian. She is a long-haired dilute calico, who has a funny smirk because she is missing a tooth.

Published by Diane Harper

Diane Harper is a retired former public servant who lives and swims (and bikes) in Ottawa. In her hobby life, she is Siglinde Harfnerstochter, a 6th C Merovingian housewife from the city of Metz. Her primary interests are cooking, textile arts and bonecarving. Siglinde lives in the canton of Caldrithig, Barony of Skraeling Althing, Kingdom of Ealdormere.