Caring Conversations
309 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis podcast features the voices of those who care. We share stories, perspectives and insights about the caregiving experience.
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Let's Talk About: How You're Doing
October 30, 2017 00:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBJoin Denise and Lisa Riggi for a 30-minute check-in show. Call us during our live show and let us know how you're doing. How will you spend Halloween? Will you join us in Chicago for the Second Annual National Caregiving Conference? How are you feeling about the upcoming holiday season? When you call in, you could win either a in-person or virtual registration to NCC17. Thanks to our show's sponsor, Jibo, which is available for order! About our co-host Lisa Riggi: Lisa was raised in a car...
Talking FTD with Geri: The Stigma of Dementia
October 26, 2017 18:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBGeri Hall, PhD, ARNP, FAAN, Banner Alzheimer's Institute, will join Sharon Hall to discuss the stigma of dementia. Sharon cares for her husband, diagnosed with FTD in the fall of 2015, and moderates our weekly FTD chat on CareGiving.com. You can call into the live 30-minute show with your questions or email them to [email protected] prior to the show. This podcast recording also will be available on CareGiving.com's website after the show. CareGiving.com hosts a chat for those wh...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Healing
October 23, 2017 15:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBChristopher-Charles Chaney joins us to share how he healed after caregiving and how he helps others heal during caregiving. You can connect with Christopher at the Second Annual National Caregiving Conference, which happens November 10 and 11 at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare. Join us in Chicago or vritually. About Christopher Christopher-Charles Chaney, family caregiving expert, national speaker, award-winning author, and CEO of Family CareLIVING, knows firsthand the benefits and challenges o...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Sandwiched
October 16, 2017 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBBreeda Miller joins us to discuss her presentation, "Finding Humor and Grace in the Caregiver Sandwich," at the Second Annual National Caregiving Conference. Join us at the conference virtually or in person on November 10 and 11 in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare, 8535 W. Higgins. Breeda Miller has a passion for helping caregivers and others deal with the stress in their lives and to use humor as coping strategy. Breeda helps people find ways to care for themselves so that they ca...
Your Caregiving Journey: Focus Groups
October 09, 2017 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBTobin Ward, a market research manager with Genworth, joins Denise to discuss the focus groups she'll hold at the Second Annual National Caregiving Conference. You can join us at the conference virtually or in person on November 10 and 11 in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare, 8535 W. Higgins. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
If Money Could Talk...
October 05, 2017 16:30 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIf our money could talk, what would it tell us? Ellen Rogin, our wealthness expert, talks it out with us. About Ellen Ellen Rogin, CPA, CFP® , New York Times bestselling author and Abundance Activist® is a nationally-known expert on living a life of success and prosperity. Ellen shows people how to be great with money. Through over 20 years as a successful entrepreneur in the financial services industry and as a Certified Financial Planner professional, Ellen understands that many people h...
The Stress
October 03, 2017 15:30 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBClaire E. Day, Chief Program Officer, Alzheimer's Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter, joins us to share ways we can manage our caregiving stress. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Choices
October 02, 2017 15:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBPriya Soni will join us to talk about her presentation "Making Empowering Care Choices with Long Term Care" at the Second Annual National Caregiving Conference. Join us at the conference virtually or in person on November 10 and 11 in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare, 8535 W. Higgins. Priya is the Founder and CEO of The Caregiving Effect LLC, a platform and service launched to create a space for adults who have cared for their parent(s)/parental figures due to aging, illness and/or ...
Talking FTD with Geri: Handling FTD with Kids and Family
September 28, 2017 18:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBGeri Hall, PhD, ARNP, FAAN, Banner Alzheimer's Institute, will join Sharon Hall to discuss handling FTD with kids and family. Sharon cares for her husband, diagnosed with FTD in the fall of 2015, and moderates our weekly FTD chat on CareGiving.com. You can call into the live 30-minute show with your questions or email them to [email protected] prior to the show. This podcast recording also will be available on CareGiving.com's website after the show. CareGiving.com hosts a chat f...
The Financial Impact of Caregiving
September 28, 2017 14:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBKatherine Forrester Schneewind, CLU®, ChFC®, Wealth Management Advisor with Forrester & Associates in Eden Prairie, MN, joins us to discuss the financial impact of caregiving. Many family caregivers today have to make the decision to leave the workplace temporarily or permanently to look after a family member or friend. According to Northwestern Mutual's C.A.R.E. 2017 study, 7 in 10 future caregivers expect to incur costs, but 60% percent aren't equipped to handle the financial aspects of c...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Bold Career
September 25, 2017 15:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBLauren Milligan will join us to talk about her presentation "Be Bold in Your Career Advancement!," at the Second Annual National Caregiving Conference. Join us at the conference virtually or in person on November 10 and 11 in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare, 8535 W. Higgins. Lauren has worked with thousands of professionals in all stages of career advancement for the past 15 years. She has developed tools and exercises that have enabled emerging leaders to take that next crucial care...
Grace and Grit During Caregiving
September 18, 2017 21:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBDeb Kelsey-Davis, RN, MHSA and Colleen Kavanaugh, CCC, CDCS, CDP will discuss their National Caregiving Conference session, "Think About It. And Change Everything with Grit, Grace and Gratitude." During their session, they'll help us understand how cultivating Gratitude and uncovering Grace generates the Grit needed to face the challenging circumstances of family caregiving. Join us for the Second Annual National Caregiving Conference in person or virtually on November 10 and 11 in Chicago. ...
Connecting You to Clinical Trials
September 12, 2017 19:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBWhen a family member receives a diagnosis, you may think that there’s nothing you can do. You can do much when you and your caree participate in a clinical trial. We’ve partnered with antidote.me to offer you an easy way to search for clinical trials in your area. Antidote has built a smart, easy way to organize the world’s research information while transforming the way people and researchers connect. You gain access to the latest medical developments and world-class care. Researchers compl...
A Bold Life After Caregiving
September 11, 2017 15:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBWhat can a life after caregiving look like? Colleen Kavanaugh, who cared for her parents, joins us to talk her National Caregiving Conference panel discussion, Your After Life: Bolder Than Before. About Colleen After caring for her parents for a decade, Colleen tried to go back to her old life only to realize how deeply caregiving changed her. She now works alongside family caregivers across the country via one-on-one consulting, national speaking, podcasting, and blogging to empower them ...
Banking Patience
September 07, 2017 16:30 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBHow do we manage our worries about money without those worries running away with our money? Ellen Rogin, our wealthness expert, will share ways we can circle the worry wagon. About Ellen Ellen Rogin, CPA, CFP® , New York Times bestselling author and Abundance Activist® is a nationally-known expert on living a life of success and prosperity. Ellen shows people how to be great with money. Through over 20 years as a successful entrepreneur in the financial services industry and as a Certified...
Disaster Preparedness and Dementia
September 05, 2017 15:30 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBClaire E. Day, Chief Program Officer, Alzheimer's Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter, joins us to share information to help you prepare for a disaster when you care for a family member with dementia. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Caregiving on the Road
September 04, 2017 15:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBCarol Papini will join us to talk about her presentation at the Second Annual National Caregiving Conference. Join us at the conference virtually or in person on November 10 and 11 in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare, 8535 W. Higgins. About Carol Carol has been driving all over the country while caring for her husband, Bill, who suffered a massive left-brain stroke in 2011. She is an Intuitive Energy Healer and a Health and Wellness Mentor who assists family caregivers & caregivee...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Caregiving 101
August 28, 2017 15:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBAndrew Koch will join us to talk about his three presentations at the Second Annual National Caregiving Conference. Join us at the conference virtually or in person on November 10 and 11 in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare, 8535 W. Higgins. Our early-bird registration rate ends August 31. About Andrew Andrew is a graduate student at Naropa University studying Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling in Boulder, Colorado. He specializes in supporting student caregivers. His mission ...
Talking FTD with Geri: Motivating Persons with FTD
August 24, 2017 18:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBGeri Hall, PhD, ARNP, FAAN, Banner Alzheimer's Institute, will join Sharon Hall to discuss how to how to break things down into smaller tasks to get FTDers motivated and less apathetic. Sharon cares for her husband, diagnosed with FTD in the fall of 2015, and moderates our weekly FTD chat on CareGiving.com. You can call into the live 30-minute show with your questions or email them to [email protected] prior to the show. This podcast recording also will be available on CareGiving...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Conversations
August 21, 2017 15:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBTina Ketchie Stearns and I will discuss It's About How You LIVE! Summit which features conversations about advance care planning, care giving, palliative care, hospice care and grief education --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Elizabeth Miller's Bold Moments
August 14, 2017 15:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWe’re going bold in anticipation of our Second Annual National Caregiving Conference! This year’s conference theme is our Bold Moments: Before, During, After. Elizabeth Miller, who cares for her mom, shares her bold moment with us. You can connect with Elizabeth at National Caregiving Conference by attending her sessions, Be Bold With Your Time and Be Loud & Proud about Your Caregiving Business. About Elizabeth Elizabeth started and continues to grow her business, Happy Healthy Caregiver,...
Managing the Money Worries
August 10, 2017 15:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBHow do we manage our worries about money without those worries running away with our money? Ellen Rogin, our wealthness expert, will share ways we can circle the worry wagon. About Ellen Ellen Rogin, CPA, CFP® , New York Times bestselling author and Abundance Activist® is a nationally-known expert on living a life of success and prosperity. Ellen shows people how to be great with money. Through over 20 years as a successful entrepreneur in the financial services industry and as a CERTIFIED...
Getting a Break to Come to our Second Annual National Caregiving Conference
August 02, 2017 17:12 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBHeather Resnick, Caregiver Specialist with North Shore Senior Center, and Chelsea Hawkins, Countywide Caregiver Coordinator, AgeOptions. will share information about programs which can help you get a break. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Party
July 31, 2017 15:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBWe begin your week with stories and solutions. Today, Denise shares updates about contests to help you get to our Second Annual National Caregiving Conference and reflects on CareGiving.com's 21st birthday. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Talking FTD: Emotions and Expectations
July 27, 2017 18:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBRebekah Wilson will join Sharon Hall to discuss expectations and emotions. They will discuss how to keep your FTDer involved and how to handle emotions like guilt from people who judge your caregiving. Sharon cares for her husband, diagnosed with FTD in the fall of 2015, and moderates our weekly FTD chat on CareGiving.com. You can call into the live 30-minute show with your questions or email them to [email protected] prior to the show. This podcast recording also will be availab...
Reducing Our Risk of Dementia
July 25, 2017 15:30 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBClaire E. Day, Chief Program Officer, Alzheimer's Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter, joins Denise to share how we can minimize our risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Vote
July 24, 2017 15:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Lisa Riggi, who heads our NCC17 steering committee, joins us to talk about our Conference Keynote Contest. Voting begins July 25. Our Second Annual National Caregiving Conference happens November 10 and 11 at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare in Chicago. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Conference
July 10, 2017 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Lisa Riggi, who heads our NCC17 steering committee, joins us to share updates about this year's conference. Our Second Annual National Caregiving Conference happens November 10 and 11 at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare in Chicago. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Greed
July 06, 2017 16:30 - 30 minutes - 28 MBEllen Rogin, co-author of the New York Times bestseller, “Picture Your Prosperity: Smart Money Moves to Turn Your Vision into Reality” joins us to talk about greed. How do we maintain a healthy relationship without getting greedy? How do you cope with greedy family member's interested only in their inheritance? About Ellen: Ellen shows people how to be great with money. Through over 20 years as a successful entrepreneur in the financial services industry and as a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER...
The Reality of Alzheimer's Disease
June 27, 2017 15:30 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBClaire E. Day, Chief Program Officer, Alzheimer's Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter, joins us to discuss the recently released report, 2017 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Medicaid
June 26, 2017 15:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Colleen Kavanaugh, Carolyn Grant and Karen Bromberg joined me to share their perspectives about Medicaid and the proposed Senate health care bill which could cause deep cuts to the program. About Colleen Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certified Caregiving Consultant who helps family caregivers streamline their lives and...
Talking FTD: Managing the Hyper Behaviors
June 22, 2017 18:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBRebekah Wilson will join Sharon Hall to discuss the hypers--a caree's hyper sexuality, orality, OCD, or as Sharon calls them, the "icky parts" of caring for a family member with FTD. Sharon cares for her husband, diagnosed with FTD in the fall of 2015, and moderates our weekly FTD chat on CareGiving.com. You can call into the live 30-minute show with your questions or email them to [email protected] prior to the show. This podcast recording also will be available on CareGiving.co...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: High Alert
June 19, 2017 15:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Today, we'll talk about managing the high alert of caregiving. Colleen Kavanaugh will join me to share their perspectives on a caregiving situation. Today, we're discussing the idea of Option B, our default when Option A (the life we want) disappears. About Colleen and Carolyn Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certifi...
Talking FTD: Resources and Managing a FTD Diagnosis
May 25, 2017 18:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBRebekah Wilson will join Sharon Hall to share resources and discuss how to manage a FTD diagnosis. Sharon cares for her husband, diagnosed with FTD in the fall of 2015, and moderates our weekly FTD chat on CareGiving.com. You can call into the live 30-minute show with your questions or email them to [email protected] prior to the show. This podcast recording also will be available on CareGiving.com's website after the show. CareGiving.com hosts a chat for those who care for a fam...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Privacy
May 22, 2017 15:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Colleen Kavanaugh will join me to share their perspectives on a caregiving situation. Today, we're discussing the idea of Option B, our default when Option A (the life we want) disappears. About Colleen Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certified Caregiving Consultant who helps family caregivers streamline their lives and ...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Challenges
May 15, 2017 15:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Colleen Kavanaugh and Carolyn Grant will join me to share their perspectives on a caregiving situation. Today, we're discussing the idea of Option B, our default when Option A (the life we want) disappears. About Colleen Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certified Caregiving Consultant who helps family caregivers streamlin...
Fighting Panic
May 11, 2017 16:30 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBWhen there's not enough, how do you stop the panic? Ellen Rogin, our wealthness expert, will share how we move from panic to plan. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
From Caregiving Blogger to Caregiving Book Author
May 10, 2017 15:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBPenny Rose Haddon joins Denise to share how she went from blogging about caring for her mom to publishing a book, An Insurance Policy for the Big One: My Mom, Her Mind and Me, about her experiences. About An Insurance Policy for the Big One: My Mom, Her Mind and Me "We went to parks, volunteered at a pet store, shopped, took walks," writes Penny Rose Haddon about the summer after her mom's diagnosis with dementia. "Once in a while, she would nonchalantly peer around the front seat of the ca...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: B
May 08, 2017 15:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Colleen Kavanaugh and Carolyn Grant will join me to share their perspectives on a caregiving situation. Today, we're discussing the idea of Option B, our default when Option A (the life we want) disappears. About Colleen Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certified Caregiving Consultant who helps family caregivers streamlin...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Weight
May 01, 2017 15:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Colleen Kavanaugh and Carolyn Grant will join me to share their perspectives on a caregiving situation. About Colleen Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certified Caregiving Consultant who helps family caregivers streamline their lives and cultivate a sense of mission that supports them through the less than perfect days. ...
Let's Talk About: How Hard It Can Be to Hire Help
May 01, 2017 00:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB“Acute shortages of home health aides and nursing assistants are cropping up across the country, threatening care for people with serious disabilities and vulnerable older adults,” writes Judith Graham in her recent Washington Post article, The disabled and the elderly are facing a big problem: Not enough aides. Let’s talk about how hard it has been for you to find and hire quality help during our live call-in talk show which airs on Sunday, April 30 at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT, 5 p....
Talking FTD with Geri: Aggravating Behaviors
April 27, 2017 17:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBGeri Hall, PhD, ARNP, FAAN, Banner Alzheimer's Institute, will join Sharon Hall to discuss how to cope with your caree's annoying behaviors. Sharon cares for her husband, diagnosed with FTD in the fall of 2015, and moderates our weekly FTD chat on CareGiving.com. You can call into the live 30-minute show with your questions or email them to [email protected] prior to the show. This podcast recording also will be available on CareGiving.com's website after the show. CareGiving.com...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Break
April 24, 2017 15:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Colleen Kavanaugh and Carolyn Grant will join me to share their perspectives on a caregiving situation. About Colleen Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certified Caregiving Consultant who helps family caregivers streamline their lives and cultivate a sense of mission that supports them through the less than perfect days. ...
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Message
April 17, 2017 15:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Colleen Kavanaugh and Carolyn Grant will join me to share their perspectives on a caregiving situation. About Colleen Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certified Caregiving Consultant who helps family caregivers streamline their lives and cultivate a sense of mission that supports them through the less than perfect days. ...
Working Through Caregiving Situations at Work
April 13, 2017 17:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBHow do you work through your caregiving situations at work? Geri Lynn Baumblatt, Executive Director of Patient Engagement at Emmi Solutions, will share her perspectives on how caregiving affects the workplace, drawing on her experiences as she cared for her dad and now cares for her mom. Geri will also share her perspectives as a panelist at our Caregiving and the Workplace Summit on June 2 in Chicago. Register to join us in person or virtually. About Geri Geri Lynn Baumblatt, MA is the Ex...
Disrupting a Career and a Caregiving Experience
April 11, 2017 18:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBWhen your priorities shift because of a parent's cancer diagnosis, how do you keep your career a priority? Darien Hallagan shares how he shifted priorities and disrupted both is career and his caregiving experience after his father's cancer diagnosis. Darien also will share his perspectives during our Caregiving and the Workplace Summit on June 2 in Chicago. Be sure to join us in Chicago or virtually. About Darien Darien Hallagan, son of a business man and telemetry nurse professional, gra...
Your Caregiving Journey: Voice
April 10, 2017 15:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Colleen Kavanaugh and Carolyn Grant will join me to share their perspectives on a caregiving situation. About Colleen Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certified Caregiving Consultant who helps family caregivers streamline their lives and cultivate a sense of mission that supports them through the less than perfect days. ...
Staying Positive About Money
April 06, 2017 16:30 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBHow do we stay positive with our money when we feel like we don't have enough? Ellen Rogin, our wealthness expert, shares her thoughts. About Ellen Ellen Rogin, CPA, CFP® , New York Times bestselling author and Abundance Activist® is a nationally-known expert on living a life of success and prosperity. Ellen shows people how to be great with money. Through over 20 years as a successful entrepreneur in the financial services industry and as a Certified Financial Planner professional, Ellen ...
Policy Updates: Alzheimer's
April 05, 2017 16:30 - 30 minutes - 28 MBClaire E. Day, Chief Program Officer, Alzheimer's Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter, will shares updates on public policy as it relates to Alzheimer's disease research. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caring-conversations/message
Today on Your Caregiving Journey: Life
April 03, 2017 15:00 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBToday on Your Caregiving Journey helps you begin your day and your week with company and conversations. Colleen Kavanaugh and Carolyn Grant will join me to share their perspectives on a caregiving situation. About Colleen Colleen Kavanaugh of The Longest Dance.com cared for both of her parents for a decade. She is now a Certified Caregiving Consultant who helps family caregivers streamline their lives and cultivate a sense of mission that supports them through the less than perfect days. ...