by Dan | Dec 11, 2018 | A Caregiver's Advent
This morning I had a welcome short flash of satisfaction and well-being before my grey blanket recovered its equilibrium and settled over me again. I had just finished getting my wife’s lunch and supper prepared and zipped up in her...
by Dan | Dec 10, 2018 | A Caregiver's Advent
The word ‘compulsion’ makes me impatient for love’s sake; ‘Tis he who loves not who is fettered by compulsion. … O son, they understand this compulsion For whom God opens the eyes of the inner man. Things hidden and things future are plain to them; To speak of the...
by Dan | Dec 8, 2018 | A Caregiver's Advent
The seventh day of Advent, 2018 Caregivers are not alone in feeling overwhelmed with no end in sight. Many find themselves in life situations which are more than they can handle and so find themselves calling out to God for help,...
by Dan | Dec 7, 2018 | A Caregiver's Advent
The sixth day of Advent 2018 My friend C recently shared this poem with me… with the first and last stanzas resonating deeply with her. Locked out of Life – Rumi Again it happens in my sleep. A core of wakefulness opens. But I...
by Dan | Dec 7, 2018 | A Caregiver's Advent
The fifth day of Advent 2018 St. Teresa – patron saint of caregivers For millennia now, faithful souls, however they are serving – whether as caregivers or in other forms of loving self-sacrifice – have found themselves at times in a protracted...
by Dan | Dec 5, 2018 | A Caregiver's Advent
The fourth day of Advent 2018 As each of these bitter thoughts and resolutions resurface in my mind, I surrender each of them to you Lord Jesus. If ever anyone had the right to withhold Grace from those who treated you hatefully you did, but you always asked for...
