by Lisa Pelissier | Oct 12, 2022 | Encouragement, How-Tos, Spiritual Support
How To Cope During a Rough Caregiving Season How to cope during a rough caregiving season. What? Who wants to write about that topic when doing so usually comes from hard experience? That’s the case for guest blogger Lisa Pelissier who describes what’s been happening...
by Laura Spiegel | Jul 20, 2022 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
A Caregiver Who Can Move Mountains A caregiver who can move mountains doesn’t appear on the scene fully formed. As guest blogger Laura Spiegel learned after her daughter was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, and as almost every parent raising a child with disabilities...
by Jolene | Jun 6, 2022 | Encouragement, In Parents
When Caregiving Sparks Stress Instead of Joy, What Can You Do? When caregiving sparks stress instead of joy, what can you do about it? That’s a question I began mulling over since I posted a survey on my website about stress and compassion fatigue in caregivers...
by Jolene | Apr 25, 2022 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Caring for a Family Member in the Hospital Caring for a family member in the hospital became my reality once more when the nurse at my mother’s long term care facility called. “Your mom is being sent to the ER by ambulance.” “I’ll be there in ten minutes. Don’t...
by Kathy Guzzo | Sep 26, 2019 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Stepping Back Isn’t Stepping Away Stepping back isn’t the same as stepping away. Guest blogger Kathy Guzzo, who cares for adult children with special medical needs, explains the difference between stepping back and stepping away in this post. Our hope for...