Caring for a family member or sick friend at home can be both rewarding as well as challenging. As you see the person improving, this is rewarding; as you see the person giving you a smile or saying “thank you,”…
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It’s a cool, mid-September morning. I am curled up in the bed, warm, comfortable, and not sure if I’m awake yet. Outside, I hear a rooster hollering, and inside, I hear my wife hollering for our teenage son to get…
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Keeping track of the tremendous and varied responsibilities of caregiving can be an overwhelming task. Organizing yourself and your family can help you care for your loved one or friend and maximize the amount of quality time you are able…
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Blood is very much thicker then water, Who do you believe will be there for every moment of your life from the beginning to the end and have you back on every big decision and little one. Trust there are…
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Sometimes when you care about someone and they become sick you may choose to look after them at home. To enable you to do this requires a certain amount of sacrifice on your part. Your time will be spent with…
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A stable home begins with the leadership. If the parents relationship is stable, and the pattern of life at the home is one of love, honor and respect from Mama to Daddy & Daddy to Mama, then children feel secure….
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After satisfying your most basic needs for food, shelter, clothing and safety, Abraham Maslow defines belongingness and love as next in the hierarchy of human needs. Pretty impressive when you stop to think about it. The need for belonging and…
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Yes, some single mothers so raise bad sons. But then some two parent familys raise bad sons. I feel it has more to do with how seriously the parent(s) take their responsibility to raise their child/children. I may be biased…
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Do you trust your teenager? Have you done a good job raising them and preparing them for what they will face in their teen/high school years? You think back in time to when they were little and say to yourself,…
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Responsibility, it’s been said, is your ability to respond. You have to respond in some way to all aspects of your life and everything in it and what happens in it and even everything that is happening to you in…
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We had finally been enjoying a period of just over 3 years as empty nesters, when our youngest son, (23), actually suggested that he move back home to help us pay our bills each month. You see have been out…
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How to cope with family gossip Trust means everything to you, and you confided in your sister to keep your break-up with your boyfriend secret. Your sister couldn’t wait to get on the phone with your cousin and aunt to tell…
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Oh, how I miss the days when I was a working mom. Although I am fortunate enough to be a stay-at-home mom now while my daughter attends Kindergarten, it was only a few short months ago that I was keeping…
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Because of our changing world and values, many families do not live close enough to each other to see each other on a regular basis. “Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go,” as stated in…
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Family members can be tough to take. Sure, you love them. But they also are more ‘themselves’ around you than when out in public. And that can be exhausting, especially when someone is highly irritable! If you are married to…
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The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children. The effects of domestic violence on children are devastating, to say the least, on children of any age. I becomes a life long torture from infancy to adult hood. If a woman is…
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Dealing with a mentally ill relative can be very stressful. It can take its toll on your personal life and on your overall well-being. Of course you want your relative to be happy and healthy and it can be frustrating when…
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It can be a pleasure to have guests come to socialize and visit, or even to stay for awhile. But if you have a few disaster area rooms (as families are wont to have on occasion) you may be unwilling…
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Children born into a family with many children sometimes fantasize of being an only child. The peace and quiet and serenity seem elusive to the child born in a family with many children. What they don’t realize is how lonely…
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One of the closest persons in my life was raised by a single mother. He was not a bad, bully guy than I expected him to be when I first knew him, but he was the person that reached even the…
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The good old-fashioned calendar is the life-saver for many families. With the hectic lives that we all lead with children in numerous activities, parents with work and association meetings, not to mention family birthdays and holiday celebrations, a family needs…
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A mom who is busy writing for a living, or any woman who spends a lot of time writing, should be aware of how much her writing activities can affect the rest of her family. She should try to ensure that no member of the family ever feels…
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It’s hard to express the feelings that overcome, knowing that a family member is going off to war. Before deployment, it’s like the white elephant in the room that you don’t want to bring up. You know not to say anything about…
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Lets face it, most of us don’t like mornings, most people prefer afternoon or evenings for starting to feel motivated. Either we wake up slowly and struggle to get moving or we have children that tend to wake up slowly…
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It‘s a miracle that they grow up at all. Really! I don’t care how much babysitting experience we claim to have had as a teen, it’s totally different when it’s our own. We give birth to these wonderful little people…
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People from small families may have an unabashed zest for life. This can be due to different factors that relate to their small families. The following are reasons why this may occur for some. They got a lot of attention…
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Should you allow guest to view every room in your house? If you have something to hide, perhaps a messy room that you haven’t gotten around to clean or you and your spouse value the privacy of your bedroom and you’d…
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It is said that “opposites” not only attract but are known to have the “H” relationship. This is when both parties are on different occupational/social radars, yet the connection and chemistry remain miraculously intact, creating the mutual arena of common…
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Alcoholism is a devastating disease and each family member will cope differently. Many issues arise when there is an alcoholic living in the household and finding ways to cope are essential for the well-being of each person. It is important to have…
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I do not believe that ‘blood’ is thicker than ‘water,’ that family is always closer and more dependable than non-family. In purely scientific terms, blood may be thicker than water, but in thephilosophicalsense implied by the phrase, water may very…
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