Your Dying Spouse 429 - Caregiving's Release {#adventphoto2017}

When the angel gave Mary her future, she had a lot of adjustments to make.

She didn't expect to be with child before marriage, for a start...a terribly had burden in the society of the day (and not much easier now).

She would have expected the life of a woman of the time, running the household of her husband Joseph, gaining respect from the other wives through the passing years.

And as the Mother of The Incarnate God, now she had to release all of that into the great mystery that held her.

She would always be singular, never one of the gang.

And that is what caregiving is like, because, like Mary, the caregiver holds life in her hands.

Music from Josh Groban, with What Child Is This.

Today's keyword for Advent-Photo-A-Day is release.

Previous posts in this series are

December 3 - The Meaning Of Christmas

December 4 - A Caregiving Home

December 5 - Caregiver, Please Wait For Me

December 6 - A Caregiver's Vision

December 7 - A Caregiver's Magnificat

December 8 - A Caregiver's Renewal

December 9 - Caregiver, What Is Justice?

December 10 - Caregiver, Find A Moment's Peace

December 11 - A Caregiver Needs Moments Of Silence

December 12 - A Table In The Presence

December 13 - Caregiver, You Belong To God

December 14 - Into The Mystery

December 15 - A Caregiver's Whole Heart

December 16 - A Caregiver's Open Arms

December 17 - Caregiver, There Is Still Joy

December 18 - What Does Caregiving Reveal?

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