SEQUIM – When the going gets tough, the tough do not burden others with their troubles.
Thou shalt be strong, silent and independent. Such are the American commandments, said Roberta Hiday, a nondenominational spiritual director and host of a new support group at the Olympic Medical Cancer Center in Sequim.
The group is for caregivers: anyone watching over a spouse or other family member who suffers from a serious illness.
That may sound dreary – but with Hiday at the helm, it’s a whole other story.
Last year Linda Klinefelter, the cancer center’s patient navigator, set up an initial meeting with Hiday. It was supposed to be quick – “but we ended up sitting and talking for an hour,” Klinefelter recalled.