What It’s Like to Watch a Loved One Die
I worked in ICU for five years and witnessed many deaths. Often, patients would suddenly go into cardiac arrest, and despite all our efforts, we could not resuscitate them. But…
Play It Again
Guest post by Rhonda Dragomir “Please play it again.” My mother’s long battle with pulmonary fibrosis caused her life to simmer like broth on a stove burner. Her essence distilled…
What Tomorrow May Bring
My church recently lost one of our senior saints. Wanda was there one Sunday and gone the next. I mention her here because she had cared for her son for…
Peace like a River
Guest post by Barbara Ragsdale Night didn’t settle softly that late January evening. It banged and clattered in a chaotic frenzy. It shuttered and shivered from the cold. It breathed…
Going Home
Guest post by Brenda E. McDaniel I became a caregiver when my parents grew older. I was disabled myself from a spinal injury, and my parents were in their eighties.…
Profess
No matter how elderly or how sick our loved ones are, God is not finished with them until they breathe their last. I learned that lesson well when caring for…