Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to...

A fox is a wolf who sends flowers. Ruth Brown When I first wrote this Blog I to focused on literal strength and resilience and as my day...

A child needs a grandparent, anybody’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world. ~Charles and Ann Morse I...

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass How often do you place your feet on the floor in the morning and...

Image Credit: JesusWalks.com “Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.” ― Stephenie Meyer,...

The life of the Family Caregiver is one of unpredictability. If there is one thing we can predict is that at some point during our day we...

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How...

It's National Caregiver Month! The month of November is used to create awareness for the Caregiver. Our focus is on the Mental Health...

Image credit: MariaShriver.com One of the most difficult things to do on this journey as a family caregiver is to keep the faith when you...

The first time I encountered someone with a diagnosed Mental Illness and it wasn't part of a whisper was when I became a case manager for...

“The term “kintsugi” means ‘golden joinery’ in Japanese and refers to the art of fixing broken ceramics with a lacquer resin made to look...

Relapse is a nightmare not just to the loved one but to those who love and care for them. Family Caregivers experience the guilt and...

The Man and the Lion “A MAN and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to...

" We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others" ...

You go into Human Resources fill out new hire paperwork and when it comes to your insurance you pick out your 401K, health insurance,...

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he...

We place people in categories, not always intentionally but it happens. Sometimes we are not aware. Most times we don’t admit it....

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops...

“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the...

‘The Hunted Slaves 1861 Richard Ansdell (1815 – 1885) Oil on canvas, 184 x 308cm "Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less...