by Joan Borton | Jun 23, 2023 | Reflections
This blog is from Jerry’s workshop at the 2023 Family Cafe Conference in Orlando, Florida. To watch the video, click here. We all have that little voice inside our head that is constantly judging and criticizing us. We often refer to this voice as our inner...
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 | May 8, 2023 | Reflections
Disability and The Church conference sponsored by Key Ministries, near Cleveland, OH. Jerry’s speaking topic was To Grumble Less, Lament More. His talk was livestreamed. If you’d like to listen in, it’s just about 15 minutes.
by Joan Borton | Mar 17, 2023 | Reflections
When you see someone with a disability in your community, what do you do? Jerry identified five responses he observed: Brave Little Soldier In this scenario, one looks at the person with pity and can only think of how difficult their life must be. Words don’t...
by Joan Borton | Jan 25, 2023 | Reflections
“Wake up.” “Seven.” “Page Down.” “Four.” “Go to sleep.” This sequence, or one very similar, is a familiar sound in our Page 42 Writers’ Critique Group. Some of our members use voice activated software to write. When it is one of their turns to share their critique,...
