Caregiving Archives - Page 16 of 72 - Wisdom of the Wounded

A reader wrote to me, "Instead of lecturing my husband and me to “get out of the house and do something fun” after...

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After a boating accident, Jim spent many days in the hospital. One day his wife said to me, “Jim daily receives...

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Emily Dickinson said in one of her poems, “There is no frigate like a book to take us miles away.” Reading to...

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When I was ill with a terrible cold—the kind that makes you feel miserable and you can barely move your body from...

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My friend Krista was in Burger King with her two sons. One son, Benjamin, has autism and was having a difficult...

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If a group of friends or a church family want to be helpful and caring to a person who is homebound for a few weeks...

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Do you ever say to a suffering friend, “Call me anytime if I can help you in any way.” As a caregiver, you may...

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In Mark 8:34 Jesus says, “If any want to become my followers, let them take up their cross, deny themselves and...

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