Today I have no desire to look at the battered helm of grief in my life; those shards of glass imbedding themselves in my skin for all time, on the day Bill died. During the early days of my loss, I went numb when I could no longer handle the grief. No sorrow, but no [...]
Archive for the ‘Caregiving’ Category
Grief Weary?
Posted in Caregiving, Grief and Loss on June 29, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Loss, Generation to Generation
Posted in Anxiety and Fear, Caregiving, Grief and Loss, Hope on May 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I was never her daughter-in-law; always her daugher-in-love. Last Sunday, ”mom” would have turned 98, had she lived that long. As it was, she died five years after her second born son…my husband. When she was told of Bill’s imminent death, she laid her head on the dining room table and cried, “Oh, why couldn’t it be me!” Within a few short [...]
Help! I’m A Caregiver.
Posted in Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Grief and Loss on September 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
An Interview With Shelly Beach Many of us in grief have taken care of a loved one before his or her death. How does this impact us in our loss? Shelly Beach, author of five published books including Hallie’s Heart, Christy Award winner in the Lit Category for 2008, has written two of her books on caregiving. One, Precious Lord, [...]
A Legacy of Love in Loss
Posted in Caregiving, Grief and Loss, Hope on October 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Through dying, my husband taught me how to live. While Bill lay paralyzed in a hospital bed, I watched in amazement as he lifted the one hand he could still move, in praise to God. Everything was in God’s hands. In spite of Bill’s pain, depression and sorrow, he was at peace. Not me. I [...]
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Hertel Award 2010 First Place: And Timothy Giggled. Best Children’s Story, Maranatha Christian Writer’s Conference
HERTEL AWARD, 2011. FIRST PLACE, A LIFE REGLUED: FINDING GOD’S GRACE ON A SIDE TRIP THROUGH ANXIETY. BEST ARTICLE, MARANATHA CHRISTIAN WRITER’S CONFERENCE
