My passion is ...
expansive
I know too much about ...
Arabian horses
My parents always told me ...
stand up straight
My childhood ambition ...
knew no bounds
My favorite memory ...
is my father's pride in me
Why I write ...
it's easier than talking
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
deKooning bio; Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx;Jimi Hendrix
My first job ...
flight attendant
My best moment ...
is yet to come
My inspiration ...
comes at unexpected moments
Eventually all of us will become caregivers or need care giving, but nothing can truly prepare you for becoming a caregiver to your own parents. Before my position as Director for the Center for Positive Aging, I worked as Director of Admissions for an Alzheimer's Facility. The guilt, the sorrow and the long good bye of aging and loss of mental and physical capabilities is something so difficult to talk about and yet is almost a certainty that we will face, one day, on some level. There are political ramifications and spiritual ones. In the end, however, the need is to approach the inevita...
More..Zan Smith
Atlanta, Georgia US
Member since: October 2007
Articles Written: 18