Devotion: The Words of My Heart When Coping With Pain

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"A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." (Luke 6:45) "You are being so selfish! Can you think of someone other than yourself?" "Why doesn't anyone else seem to care that our house is trashed? If everyone would just pick up their own stuff I wouldn't be so tired all the time!" "Stop making that screeching sounds! and turn down the video game! And pick up your dishes and take them to the kitchen." Uh. . . Yeah. Those are my words. Not very polite, are they? I said them politely the first five times, but then I started to seethe and said nothing, and then, as I couldn't walk through my … [Read more...]

Embrace Magazine for Healthcare Providers

EMBRACE is a a new quarterly magazine that targets professional long term healthcare providers.If you or someone you know works in this field, it may be worth checking out. As a patient, you may want to print out  a copy of the web page to show your long-term care provider. TIP: It's always nice to pass along resources to your medical team like this that you think may be helpful & it looks like you are really on top of things! - Which is nice for them to recognize, because there may be days when you can't even remember your own phone number. The magazine offers a combination of information to help save time & reduce costs in long-term care facilities, as well as tips & encouragement for caregivers to also care for their own … [Read more...]