My friend Eric is caregiver to his wife Teressa, and he is raising their two boys. I think being a true caregiver is not a job description so much as an attitude of the heart. I have learned so much from him, about life and friendship, and about the true heart of a caregiver:
Sometimes I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘church’
Feb 04/07 Friends – A caregivers heart
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged caregiving, church, compassion, Eric, friends, God, grief, HD, hope, loneliness on February 4, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Jan 06/07 New Mercies
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, friends, giving thanks, God, HD, Huntington's Disease, JHD on January 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From Lamentations 3:23
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed thy hand hath provided
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.
I tested positive for Huntington’s Disease in Jan of 2004. One of the things I have found the hardest to deal with, is the changes in my [...]
Dec 17/06 Music Lovers Quilt
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, church, God, hope, quilt on December 18, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Some day I will make a quilt like this one. This morning in church, was just the best, because of all songs that we sang, this one I remember most:
O Holy Night
Oh holy night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Savior\’s birth.
Long lay the world in [...]
Aug 25/06 Walking for Hospice
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, HD, hospice, walking on August 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
OK, i’m going to do something really cool, that i’ve never done any kind of walks or fundraising in my life. This coming Saturday i am going in a walk to raise money for Mission Hospice Society. The walk is 2 1/2 miles long. I have been walking for an hour several days a week [...]