Since we’re walking through another season of learning curve, this time related to my mother-in-law’s needs, I have been realizing again the importance of friends…and not just any friends, but friends who really know what you are going through. For us, this is not just people who have taken care of an aging parent, but…
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A lesson in strengthening a marriage
I think about the changes in our marriage. How I personally viewed it, treated it…not as I do now. Time has given me new perspective. The challenges we’ve faced have forced the change to be. There were times I thought he was just too crabby. Not having a good outlook, too negative, refusing to see…
Mildly Concerned
I’ve just about decided I don’t like the word mild – except as it relates to cheddar cheese and salsa. Mild should come with a warning label… I believe I recognized the signs of “mild” cognitive decline due to dementia in my mother-in-law a couple of years ago. Although I did what I could to…
Three Little Words
I know it’s not perfect, the medication J is on. But it’s doing something. It’s helping to quiet the activity in his brain…sometimes. It’s helping him to find more words, helping the words to find their place within a sentence, to communicate. I talk about watching our children’s achievements, however small, but sometimes these achievements…
She Is Their Best Friend
She is their best friend. I see it in their faces, hear it in their play, watch it in the way they fight over the smallest piece of junk, determined that their need to treasure this particular item is deeper than the other. Then, just as easily, one gives in. One notices the tears of…
Try This Tuesday #39: Nurturing Your Relationships
Welcome to another Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Nurturing Your Relationships. How do you make the time to connect with other adults and maintain the…
Looking for Girls on Craigs List
“Will you help me find me some nice friends?” pleaded Matthew last summer. In the past I’d advertised at a local college for friends for Matthew, but now that he was 22 and older than most college kids, I needed to look elsewhere and decided to try Craig’s List. “Seeking a mentor, friend type for…
Did you read the fine print on those vows?
**Sorry for the confusion as I learn the lay of the land around here, comments are now enabled for this post!** For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. I took those vows, I said them with all sincerity and genuine belief in my heart that we would honor those…