by Martha Brady | Mar 4, 2021 | AGING, BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, HOPE, NOTES FOR CARE GIVERS
Today’s Five Minute Friday word needy (from 2018) is most appropriate for caregivers. I can’t think of a group who can identify with this word more! We may start off full of energy and hopeful that we are going to be the ones to give the love and care our...
by Martha Brady | Mar 1, 2021 | AGING, BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, GOD'S CHARACTER, GOD'S PROMISES, HOPE
Scars! Often they have a negative connotation in our minds. Frequently they are associated with the marring of a person’s looks that happens in an accident or after surgery that must be extreme to save a person’s life. But in reality,...
by Martha Brady | Feb 25, 2021 | AGING, BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, NOTES FOR CARE GIVERS
Remember why Emergency Rooms are there If you can remember that ER’s are designed for life and death emergencies, broken bones, stitches, problems that require hospital admissions, not the kinds of things people see their doctors for routinely such as sore throats,...
by Martha Brady | Feb 18, 2021 | AGING, BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, NOTES FOR CARE GIVERS
Photo: Canva It’s often hard to know whether we should go to the ER or not. This is especially true when we have a loved one with chronic health issues. Here are important signs that mean you need to go to the ER now! Signs of a stroke Signs of a stroke- No...
by Martha Brady | Feb 4, 2021 | AGING, CHANGE, NOTES FOR CARE GIVERS, RELATIONSHIPS
How do we support the person we are caring for as we give them care? Hopefully, we knew them well enough before they were sick that we have some insight into how to do that. But their illness may have changed them. Some of the changes are temporary, such as...
by Martha Brady | Jan 25, 2021 | AGING, BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, GOD'S CHARACTER, GOD'S PROMISES, HOPE
Recently, a friend mentioned part of the Bible passage below as one that had been helpful to her as she has battled cancer during the past 6+ months. It has been a fight too! She had to have chemo–two kinds. Now she is getting a break before the mastectomy. She...
