WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller

What About Tomorrow?

What ability will he lose next? How long will this downward spiral go on and at what speed? When will he have to stop driving? When will I be unable to…

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WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller

What About Me?

When my mentally-compromised loved one demands so much of my attention, energy, and effort, I need to take care of myself. This is not selfishness; this is survival…

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WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller

Can I Even Do This?

I miss his counsel, advice, conversation, support, jokes, and enthusiasm for life. He has always been the extrovert and me the introvert, but I have to carry the…

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WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller

Why Me?

Reflecting, I see God had been preparing me to be a suitable and competent caregiver for Gregg. I loved being a mother and caring for others. As a special…

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WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller WSS Part 9 Carla (Hannuksela) Miller

Why Him?

There isn’t an answer to “Why him?” Gregg was not targeted by God. His frailty comes as a result of being in the human race. Our Daily Treasure verse reminds us,…

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WSS Part 9 Patsy Kuipers WSS Part 9 Patsy Kuipers

Help Is On The Way

The Bible, God’s infallible Word, is one continuous story of God keeping His promise to be with His chosen people. The sweet communion Adam and Eve enjoyed with God was broken…

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Tell Them Hello

“Tell them hello for me” was one of Mom’s signature sayings. Depending on who “them” referred to, she might also tack on, “and that I love them.” I delivered her message…

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Longing for Home

I watched as the EMTs carried Mom, cradled in her bedsheet, to the waiting ambulance. Though it appeared one of my worst fears, a fall-induced broken hip…

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Who’s in Control?

It was difficult enough for me to watch Mom’s physical decline, but a year or so before she died, I started noticing changes in her mental capacity. Her inability to…

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Role Reversal

Here in NW Georgia, spring is baby bird season – and baby deer, squirrels, and chipmunks. Juvenile squirrels relentlessly try to figure out how to breach…

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Either Way, It Hurts

As I drove, hands clasping the steering wheel, praying we’d find Ray alive, it occurred to me that Chris’s question regarding someone accompanying me already provided a clue to what…

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WSS Part 9 Sharon Betters WSS Part 9 Sharon Betters

The Long Way Home

It took several months after my husband’s fatal heart attack before I was ready to hear the specifics of his final hours. But, when I was, one of his closest…

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