Caregivers
What This Year Taught Me as a Mom to a Child with a Rare, Terminal Diagnosis
1/05/26I have never been someone who felt medically savvy. I didn’t know the language, the systems, or how to advocate inside a world of specialists and …
These Light and Momentary Afflictions
9/11/25Being a parent of a special needs child comes with challenges that a large segment of society will never have to deal with or understand. I can’t …
You Know You’re a Caregiver When . . .
11/01/24November 1 kicks of National Family Caregivers Month. A few years ago I asked many of my caregiving friends to complete the sentence, “You know …
Encouragement for Caregivers
9/27/24Someone 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. …
More Tips for Weary Caregivers
6/07/23In our last post, Ideas to Help a Caregiver Care Again, I shared ways we can recognize and work through the feelings of weariness, overwork, …
Ideas to Help a Caregiver Care Again
5/31/23When people hear one of my speaking topics is Caregiving When You Just Don’t Care I get a number of tongue in cheek remarks, such as “Are you an …