Wisdom of the Wounded

It is December 26, the day after Christmas, and I ask myself and you: “What difference will Christmas make today and for the next 363 days?” Maybe I need to put the following poem on my refrigerator to remind me of God’s assignment  for each day:     Christmas Continues Ginger Jurries When the flurry of […]

Kim Smith was a precious friend to many local users of TakeThemAMeal.com. Sadly, Kim died in 2012 from breast cancer. A friend from Kim’s church, Bonnie Carr, created a loving way for friends and family members to show their care to Kim before she died. Those of us at TakeThemAMeal.com adored this idea from the […]

by:  Ginger Jurries Dr. David Jeremiah suggests a radical idea for enhancing your Advent devotional time: “In planning for Christmas this year, schedule a ‘silent night’ into your calendar: Repeat Samuel’s prayer:  ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening’ or David’s prayer: ‘Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.’ (1 […]

Doesn’t this sound like fun? Chris and his family (4 children ages 6,4,2,+ a newborn) rented a small bus.  Filled it with grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends, and they went Christmas caroling. Where did you go?  To the Warm Friend in Holland, MI (the Warm Friend is a Retirement Home for elderly individuals and couples.) What […]

A fun way to involve children in caregiving is by including them when you are preparing meals to give to those who are going through a difficult time.  There is a wonderful website called, “Take Them A Meal (takethemameal.com) In a post on that website, Adina Bailey, gives ideas on how to include your child […]

As a part of our family’s Christmas Eve rituals we put together Church World Service kits for disaster or needy areas in the world.  One year we put together 300 school kits.  It was fun and even the young grandkids got involved.  We set up an assembly line and each person filled the kit with an […]

A person recently asked, “I’d like caregiving to become a natural part of what my family does together. How can we involve our children in caregiving? How can we especially involve teenagers?” – Sue It is helpful if parents let it be known that caring for those who are suffering or hurting is just what we do […]

Christmas Cookie Fun Caregiving can be fun.  A yearly tradition in our family is making and decorating Christmas cookies. Even my teenagers have fun decorating the cookies!  When they are finished we all deliver them to the people at the Hospice home, to shut-ins, to children in hospitals, or firemen and police who are on duty […]

Are you facing anything trying or painful? Are you worried or angry or hurt?” Corrie ten Boom says, “Well, strange as it may seem, perhaps this is precisely the right time to give thanks.” I’m Karen Mulder with today’s caring wisdom. Carrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie were in a German concentration camp, a horrific, […]

Ask Them Questions Do you ever wonder what to talk about when you go to visit an elderly aunt, grandfather or parent? If so, check out Telling Life’s Stories on this website.  There you will find approximately 72 questions to ask someone about their life.  Such as: What was your favorite subject in school? Why? What […]