"My countdown is on to the end of my radiation treatments. Five sessions left out of thirty-one. Mostly, the treatments have not been difficult to handle. And the team who administers them are compassionate and friendly. I’m just ready to be done. This entire cancer journey has been one of falling …
In honor of Paraprofessionals Day 4/2, we are grateful to Aimee Cleffi for writing and sharing this guest post. Our son, who has autism, began kindergarten in a school setting for the first time in the fall of 2023. We learned rather quickly that Lucca’s support needs differed from his peers. He is …
The L14E Team continues to be grateful for all the prayers and love that have accompanied Joan's cancer journey. We thought we'd share her recent, heartwarming, and encouraging update with you (can also be found here: https://joanborton.com/six-weeks/). _______________ "Today marks six weeks since …
Every day I’ve written this post, or at least a portion of it in my head. They always came with a witty title. But getting those thoughts from my head to my fingers to type was much harder. Let’s see how it goes today. Thank you for all your prayers, notes of encouragement, gift cards and meals. …
To all those who've been keeping Joan in prayer, thank you! She recently shared the following: "I am experiencing a brief lifting of anesthesia fog. I'll try to share a quick update. Surgery went very well. Pathology report will be back in 2 weeks. I was able to come home and am delighting in the …
Please Pray with Us If you follow Jerry or me (Joan) on our social media accounts, you may have already learned of this prayer need. At the time this posts, I’ll be preparing for surgery on Monday 12/30. About two months ago, it was discovered that I had stage 1 cancer. We are truly thankful that …
In the Fullness of Time Scripture says that Jesus was born in the fullness of time (Galatians 4:4) He was born at the exact time when his message could spread most easily. Charles Stanley notes that, before Jesus’ birth, Alexander the Great had made Greek the common language throughout the known …
Earlier this week Bethany and I went to Bible study at ROAR, a neighborhood for people with disabilities. Our discussion centered on thanksgiving, not the holiday, but some of the approximately 171 times the word is mentioned in the Bible (depending on version). We had such a great time with the …
November 1 kicks of National Family Caregivers Month. A few years ago I asked many of my caregiving friends to complete the sentence, “You know you’re a caregiver when . . .” What follows below are some answers they gave. This was previously posted on our site in 2021. It’s our prayer that as you …
Someone once asked me to choose five verses that give me encouragement as a caregiver. That is nearly an impossible task with so many to pick from. But today, here, and now, these are my top six (if you’ve followed me long, you know I don’t do well with boundaries 😊): Lamentations 3:23-25 Because …