I see you

I see you

A few weeks ago, I was at the beach and I saw a young woman walking with her two little boys and her husband.  Her husband was disabled, walking with a cane and appearing to have lost some muscle function in his arms and legs.  I keep thinking about the woman and what...
My Life: Jerry S

My Life: Jerry S

What keeps me going, and it is the hardest task I have ever had, is knowing that true love is rare. Deb and I met in 1984 when she was 28 and I was 33. We married a few months later. We had both had prior marriages and were blending families of 2 kids each. We knew it...

When caregiving comes your way

Pamela Nelson is an artist living in Dallas, working in painting, mixed media, and public art installations. Pamela has exhibited in over 100 national venues, including the Dallas Museum of Art, Austin Museum of Art, Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock, Beaumont Museum...

Out of the Ashes

Living in a household affected by chronic illness is challenging, stressful, frustrating, and sometimes next to impossible.  It often feels like a jail sentence from which there is no escape.  But over the past almost seven years, my family has experienced amazing...
Relentless

Relentless

Sometimes I can’t believe my husband is paralyzed. Most of the time I can. I’ve gotten fairly used to this life in the relatively short amount of time we’ve lived it. How we have to expect the unexpected. How we can’t just hop in the car on a whim anymore. Our old...

The loneliest job

My experience with hospitals and serious illnesses was limited: You go to the hospital to deliver a baby, stay there a few days and go home with your beautiful gift; you break an ankle, you break a knee cap or damage internal organs from a fall. You go to the ER,...