Going to Church, but Avoiding the Members The exhaust from our 4Runner billowed like clouds in the sub-zero temperatures. Snow squeaked under my feet as I went outside to check the temperature in the vehicle. I felt chagrinned that we would drive less than a block before parking. Church was… Read more“A Near Truth is Really a Lie”
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A Caregiver You Know Might Need This Book
Not Knowing That I Stood in Need When my husband miraculously recovered from non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma with Central Nervous System involvement I knew I should feel grateful and blessed. I did, mostly. But a heavy blanket of depression crept over me and sucked the color out of my days. I felt… Read more“A Caregiver You Know Might Need This Book”
Work: When Teaching is a Gift
Today’s prompt is: WORK I received a gift at work today. My award-winning day did not start when I forgot to grab my school keys off my dresser as I headed out on my 45 minute drive to teach 7th and 8th graders. It wasn’t the middle-schoolers’ insatiable desire… Read more“Work: When Teaching is a Gift”
The Cost of Caregiving: Losing Your Place
Caregivers Lose Their Place When Pedro received a non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma diagnosis in the Spring of 2002, I had no idea that I’d joined a community that had no place to call home. Hundreds of thousands of family caregivers—from teenagers to octogenarians—belong to the community, but we often feel as if… Read more“The Cost of Caregiving: Losing Your Place”
Can Caregivers Find Comfort in Psalm 91?
It’s been a few weeks since I last wrote about Psalm 91 and the caregiver. In the intervening time, I’ve run a marathon, taken a marathon car trip (from Holbrook, to San Diego, to Holbrook, and then Tulsa, and finally to Palmer, Alaska). I have also taken on a different… Read more“Can Caregivers Find Comfort in Psalm 91?”
More Some: Desiring more of our Father’s gifts
Join us as we write about the prompt: More. You’ll find some amazing stories over on Kate Motaung’s page for Five-Minute-Friday, where she gives a prompt and we write and post. Chubby, pink-stained fingers clutched the bowl out in front of her, “More some!” begged my little two-year-old as she followed her… Read more“More Some: Desiring more of our Father’s gifts”
Safe in the Tub – the love in the midst of the impossible
This post is written with the gang over at Five-Minute-Friday where we write on a prompt, for five minutes, and then post. Don’t think, just do it! This week’s prompt: SAFE It’s been sitting for nine years, safe in the bin I threw it in when I tried to return… Read more“Safe in the Tub – the love in the midst of the impossible”
Self-Care for Caregivers Involves Learning How to Breathe
Self-Care for Caregivers Involves Learning How to Breathe To breathe or not to breathe, this is the question. I know, we all breathe, all the time; otherwise, we would be dead. But did you know that HOW we breathe plays a huge role in our health? During Pedro’s cancer year,… Read more“Self-Care for Caregivers Involves Learning How to Breathe”
What DO Caregivers Crave?
What DO Caregivers Crave? I locked the bathroom door behind me and hurried through my morning routine, keeping a wary eye on my watch. I had just five minutes until the room outside would fill with doctors and interns on their morning ‘rounds’ of the cancer ward. They didn’t actually… Read more“What DO Caregivers Crave?”
An Open Letter to Those Who Sent Us Mail
To all the kind people who sent us mail during Pedro’s struggle with cancer; Thank you. I’ve saved each letter and card in a bulging file folder that goes wherever we go. I haven’t reopened the mail since you sent it, back in 2002, but each piece holds a special… Read more“An Open Letter to Those Who Sent Us Mail”
