“Sure I can stay late” you offer to help your coworkers. The family runs out the door after dinner while you linger to clean up. Quietly you sit with your confused patient so he can sleep. The coworkers had no knowledge of the after-work plans you gave up, your family didn’t notice the clean kitchen …
A quick hug and “love you’s” as the kids blow past to the approaching bus. A moment in the eye of the storm, then work, errands, “what’s for dinner” and carpool all evening. A tornado has blown into my life. I saw it coming, heard it coming and even tried to prepare for it. I’m …
Look! A shiny round wheel! I jump on and run for what seems like forever. Legs wobbling and breathing labored, I soon realize my destination is the land of exhaustion…and I’m not sure how to get off. Life has transformed me into the proverbial hamster running on a wheel. Instead of saying yes without thinking, …
Romans 7:15~ I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. Ever disappoint someone you truly care about? I just lived Paul’s sentiment about doing the opposite of what I want to do. Having completed a Bible study on controlling the tongue …
Lovingly waiting for slowly sputtered syllables, patiently assisting simple tasks, repeating and redirecting fill each day. It all begins anew in the morning if it hasn’t continued all night. This is not a snippet of life with a young child; it is one of caring for a person with dementia. June is Alzheimer’s and Brain …