Tag: family caregivers
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Family Caregivers Strike Up Friendship at the Bowling Alley 🎳

Sometimes the best support group doesn’t meet around a table. “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1 What a joy-filled afternoon! This week, our MBC Caregivers traded our usual meeting space for bowling shoes, pizza, laughter, and wonderful fellowship at Bowlero Lucky Strike in Ocala. We bowled two games on two lanes, cheered each…
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Family Caregivers Strike Up Friendship at the Bowling Alley 🎳

Sometimes the best support group doesn’t meet around a table. “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1 What a joy-filled afternoon! This week, our MBC Caregivers traded our usual meeting space for bowling shoes, pizza, laughter, and wonderful fellowship at Bowlero Lucky Strike in Ocala. We bowled two games on two lanes, cheered each…
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🇺🇸Faith, Freedom & Fellowship: Highlights from Our July Caregivers Club

Holidays can look different for caregivers. As family caregivers, holidays can bring mixed emotions. While many families celebrate with cookouts and fireworks, others quietly navigate mobility challenges, sensory sensitivities, chronic pain, medical neccessities, or simply the isolation that caregiving can bring. My family, like many others, will use this God-given technology (TV, Screens, Movies) to…
Really, Leah
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What! You too?

“Friendship … is born at the moment when one man says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought that no one but myself… And instantly they stand together in an immense solitude.” – C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves. In my book, I discuss practical ways to combat isolation, and forming friendships is one of the best. Finding people who…
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The 28th Annual Family Café in Orlando this weekend

Good morning, Family caregivers, One of the most powerful ways to overcome caregiver isolation is by connecting with others who understand the journey. Events like the Family Café can provide opportunities to learn, share experiences, discover resources, and build meaningful connections with people who truly understand the challenges and rewards of caregiving. I recently received updated…
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praying not to be a burden
Family Caregivers, this article (link below) stopped me cold. Right now, we pour everything into caring for our loved ones, but what happens when it’s our turn for care? My grandfather used to say, “Don’t let me be a burden to my girls.”’ Maybe you’ve heard or said something similar. What’s your hope or prayer?…
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Caring for Adult Children

If you, imperfect as you are, know how to lovingly take care of your children and give them what’s best, how much more ready is your heavenly Father to give wonderful gifts to those who ask him?