by Jolene | Jul 27, 2021 | Encouragement, Grief
It Is Only for a Season It is only for a season, though it may feel like forever. That’s a truth I cling to in hard times. Maybe it’s a word of hope you need to hear today, too. Our son came down the driveway yesterday pulling a huge gooseneck flatbed trailer behind...
by Jolene | May 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
6 Caregiving Advocacy Tips I’m Learning All Over Again The 6 caregiving advocacy tips I’m learning all over again come with compliments from my mom. She’s 92 and still teaching me life lessons by the bucketful. She’s experienced some health challenges over the...
by Jolene | May 12, 2021 | Advocacy
Write Everything Down “Write everything down,” my adult daughter said. I stared at her, equally amazed by her wisdom and my epic fail to practice what I’ve been preaching for more than a decade. When I spoke at special needs and disability conferences–pre-pandemic of...
by Jolene | Apr 15, 2021 | How-Tos, Self-Care and Stress
Aligning Priorities as Caregiving Demands Change Aligning priorities as caregiving demands change became part of my world in February. That’s when the residential facility where my mother lives reinstated room visits. Wahoo! After a year of staying home all day every...
by Jolene | Sep 24, 2018 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Caregiving Is Hard Work My formerly feisty, stubborn, and determined mother turned 90 during Labor Day weekend of 2018. The weekend was also the 10th anniversary of when we realized Mom was having memory problems. When she decided to move in with my brother and his...
