My mom's fear of abandonment is crippling.  She fears going into a nursing home and being separated from her family.  We are doing everything to work towards that not happening. She also only sleeps until 3 am.  Two nights ago out of a dead sleep I heard a mournful...

My mom has enough fears already in her older years.  And then a neighbor tells my mother there are sasquatches in the area.  And formed a team to catch them.  Ugh!!  Don't say this kind of thing to older people!!!  Or anyone for that matter.

Mom had an unexpected surgery this past weekend.  Just a couple of days in the hospital and then out.   But it's been rough since then.  General anesthesia is so hard on the older person's brain. On the other hand there was a sense that we've been there before on...

Things are changing.  Fast.  Things are coming back strong.  Nights are sleepless.  Days are tiring.   Love grows deeper. This is a marathon.

When Jesus' mother was at the foot of the cross, his brothers and sisters were nowhere around.  It's why on the cross he gave John the responsibility of caring for his mother, and his mother a son.  Just because someone has siblings does not mean they are helping to...

There was a point that Jesus could not even go on physically.  He had been beaten severely and was tasked with carrying his cross up a hill to his execution.  But he could not do it. So in his utter weakness a soldier found a random stranger in the crowd and ordered...

Lately I've been having weird symptoms in the back of my throat.  It feels like I have a golf ball back there.  No irritation.  No redness.  Just a lump.  I hear it's called a "globus" and it's a reaction to stress. In a few months we will be hitting our 5 year mark...

It's true.  I only write when things are difficult.  And it seems like difficult times are returning. For the last couple of years we went from the most difficult and wildest year in 2016 to moving to naturopathic medicine which put everything to a screeching halt....

The life of the caregiver is one where you are kind of always on edge.  When things change in a bad way, you think to yourself...this is it...things are going downhill.  It's the constant bracing of yourself.  And that's what I've thought recently with mom.  She has...

Her love is perfect even though she imperfectly loves.  

Lately I have been observant of the kindnesses of the Lord.  Mom wanted to go with her husband to the tax man, but taxes and money make her not in a good position.  Thankfully the amount was low...at first.  For what mom knows.  Later the accountant called and said he...

Today I wasn't feeling well so I grabbed mom and we went for a drive.  I was going to drive to the river which is a solid hour away but ended up going to the cemetery where our ancestors are buried.  Then we went to mom's homestead where she grew up. As we were poking...

It's one thing when someone is dismissive of me.  It's another thing when people are that way to my mother. Daughter bear is coming out. Grrrrr..... Have you no respect for her life?