Like a Rooster
There is a ceramic rooster than sits on my patio with its wings spread and its head held high. Roosters are known for their strength, power and protection. This rooster’s colors are those of a
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A Challenging Gift
You have to wonder why people give you certain gifts. Is there a message in the gift? What exactly are they trying to tell you? Perhaps its more devious than that – like a challenge
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How to Tell if You are in a Season of Medical Mayhem
You know you are in a season of medical mayhem when you, your spouse, kids grandkids and even the dog have health issues. There you are trying to balance everyone’s needs like an elderly waiter
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The Other Side of a Season of Mayhem
We go through seasons in our lives when it feels like a torrential storm or a landslide where so many things are happening in every area of our lives that we can’t imagine how we
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Gather Evidence Like a Dog
My dog, Liesl goes for a walk and the first thing she does is sniff the air. Then she will sniff the sidewalk, pavement, bushes and blades of grass with great interest. She makes a
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The Teacher becomes the Student
As grandparents we love our grandchildren and spending time with them is fun if a bit exhausting and trying. Not long ago Thad and I got to spend six days taking care of them and
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The Value of Resilience
How often during your struggles with medical mayhem have you wanted to just give up? How often did you say the words “I’m done! I can’t do it anymore!” And when we do manage to
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Transformation Self-Care
If you have ever been a caregiver or currently are a caregiver you have heard the words “You need to take care of yourself”. But actually caring for yourself while caring for those in medical
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Renewed and Reborn with Purpose I have spent most of my life being dictated by the “norms” of the current culture I live in. Most of it was being caught up with having a perfect
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God’s Chameleons
If you, like me, are over a half century old, then you probably are sporting some aches and pains. Maybe it’s an old sport injury, or work related problem, an inherited disease state or from
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The Stream of Worry
Worry is a thin stream of fear that trickles through the mind, which, if encouraged, will cut a channel so wide that all other thoughts will be drained out. – Author Unknown. 1 Corinthians 14:33
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I Chose the Lemonade
Four months of feeling tired, weak, short of breath, lightheaded followed by a stress test, cardiac catheterization and a pacemaker seems like enough, right? But then, just as I was feeling strong and energetic, returning
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