by Jolene Philo | Jun 24, 2024 | Caregiving, Grief, Mental Health
The physical manifestations of grief in caregivers are unexpected and pervasive. That, in a nutshell, is what God has been teaching me since the death of my mother on June 23, 2023.Mom’s suffering was great during her final 2 years on this earth. My siblings and I had...
by Key Ministry | Apr 29, 2024 | Caregiving, Church, Special Needs Parenting
I’ve been a parent for over 19 years and have been a caregiver of children with “special needs” for almost all of it. Our first child was in the hospital with respiratory issues for the first time on the day he turned 3-months old. The challenges with both...
by Jolene Philo | Sep 25, 2023 | Caregiving, Special Needs Parenting, Special needs siblings
Caregivers can do hard things.In the nearly sixty-seven years my mother and I shared on this earth, she taught me many lessons. The one I leaned on the most as our time to say good-bye drew near was this one.Caregivers can do hard things.As a child, I didn’t know...
by Jolene Philo | Jul 25, 2022 | Caregiving, Medically Fragile, Mental Health
How can I make you feel safe? This question runs through my mind every time I enter the room in the long-term care facility where my mother lives. When I walk through her door today, she is asleep in her recliner, her body listing to the left as usual.I put my things...
by Jess Ronne | Jun 7, 2022 | Church Support, Mental Health, Special Needs Ministry
Unseen: How We’re Failing Parent Caregivers and Why It Matters made its global online premiere May 20. This is part 2 of the in-depth questions we posed to Jess Ronne to help our readers better understand the issues raised in the documentary and how churches can be...
