by Mark Arnold | Aug 15, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress
Is Being a Special Needs Parent Worth It? Is being a special needs parent worth it? Guest blogger Mark Arnold answers the question from his vantage point as parent to James, his son with significant special needs. Read on to see what this 17 year veteran caregiver has...
by Heather Johnson | Mar 28, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress
4 Ways Caretakers Can Take Care, Part 1 Caretakers can take care of themselves. Caretakers must take care of themselves. Guest blogger Heather Johnson learned this truth through hard, personal experience. In this post, she explains why caring for ourselves is so...
by Jolene | Mar 6, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Stress and Compassion Fatigue Is Huge in Caregiving Parents, Part 1 Stress and compassion fatigue is real for parents caring for kids with special needs. Not only is it real, the number of people who completed a recent survey on the subject show that stress and...
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...
by Jolene | Jul 11, 2018 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Nasty Little Whispers and the Truths Caregivers Can Use to Silence Them Nasty little whispers had a way of burrowing into my thoughts while my husband and I cared for our very sick baby in the early 1980s. Those whispers, also known as lies, set up camp in my head,...
