by Jolene Philo | Apr 25, 2022 | Caregiving, Challenges, Living Life Daily
Caring for a family member in the hospital became my reality once more, when the nurse at my mother’s long term care facility called.“Your mom is being sent to the ER by ambulance.”“I’ll be there in ten minutes. Don’t send her until I get there.” Thus, my...
by Jolene Philo | Jun 28, 2021 | Caregiving, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
“When life gets really crazy, I dream about our vacation.”Those who know me well would surmise those were my words. I make such statements often. But in actuality they came from my husband Hiram, a calm man who rarely becomes stressed by either hard work or...
by Jolene Philo | May 24, 2021 | Caregiving, Medically Fragile, Special Needs Parenting
The six caregiving advocacy tips I’m learning all over again come with compliments from my mom. She’s 92 and still teaching me life lessons by the bucketful. She’s experienced some health challenges over the past few months, so we (my older sister, younger brother,...
by Joanna French | Apr 12, 2021 | Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
I was scrolling through my social media the other day when an image pops up that says, “Calling me mama bear is a sweet way to describe the fact that I’d tear you open if you hurt my child.” I scrolled by it and giggled in agreement because after the week we have had,...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Dec 12, 2016 | Advocacy, Controversies, Culture of Life, Key Ministry
Count me among a very small number of child and adolescent psychiatrists very troubled by the proliferation of “safe spaces.”In the last few years, the idea has proliferated that students on college campuses are entitled to protection from speakers,...
