by Joan Borton | Jun 7, 2023 | Caregivers, Joan Borton, Reflections
In our last post, Ideas to Help a Caregiver Care Again, I shared ways we can recognize and work through the feelings of weariness, overwork, loneliness, etc. that sometimes plaque caregivers. In this post, I’ll share some ideas to stay ahead of those feelings, or...
by Joan Borton | May 31, 2023 | Caregivers, Reflections
When 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 example of not caring? Is that why you can speak about it?” Truth be told, YES! We all get weary from things we do over...
by Joan Borton | Apr 25, 2023 | Caregivers, Churches, Why We Exist
Today we’d like to give you a peek into our email box and share a message we recently received. On Sunday, a five- or six-year-old boy was brought to our Children’s Church. He is autistic and non-verbal. It didn’t go well for a few reasons. There wasn’t a heads-up...
by Joan Borton | Sep 7, 2022 | Caregivers, Reflections
Most of us think about Labor Day as a day for eating hot dogs and hamburgers, getting that last taste of fresh farm stand produce, and signifying the beginning-of-the end of summer. Where I grew up in Maryland, it also represented the last day of childhood freedom...
