Looking for easy Christmas gifts that stay on budget? Here are a few of my favorites this year. Remember ... it is the thought from your heart that matters, not the size of the gift. Happy shopping! In Our Arms Blue “Breathe” Candle, Bergamot, Honeysuckle, Jasmine and Lavender make up the relaxing fragrance in our custom candle. Candle sales support the mission of In Our Arms, which provides hope, understanding, and community for families caring for loved ones with disabiliti

By Community Contributor, Kari McBride I have a tiny skull pushed into my neck on one side of my body, the other side there is an arm loosely tangled with mine. I'm staring at the ceiling where red stars project onto the fan blades, and the sound of white noise fills my room. I know I'm not going to get any sleep. I'm here in the middle of this bed where both boys can be pressed into me. We're on day two of my husband being out of town for work. I rub my eye and wince, a stye

The word “inclusion.” What is it all about? Who needs to be included? Who do we exclude? Do I even know what I am talking about when I use the word? “the practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those who have physical or mental disabilities and members of other minority groups.” Did you really know what it meant before recently? Well, to tell you the truth it is a word that

Recently, I began reading a new caregiver’s devotional. Everything I have read so far has been very insightful. (See the Amazon link below.) While reading, I realized that this book echoes so many of the things I have been saying and still want to say to you. There are opportunities for me to grow in my understanding of caregiving even after our son, Robert, has passed away. Call it healing, therapy, or whatever seems appropriate to you, but I take deep dives into the caregi

You will not suffer long? I was riding in the car and had a deep need to hear a song. It was a Saturday morning, and I was off to run a couple of errands. It had been an unusual week in that I had also been off work dealing with personal issues… (can you say colonoscopy****). The last two days had been consumed with the needed technicalities of that sort of thing: liquid diet, drinking the “cleanse,” … feeling the cleanse! Then getting there early and waiting … waiting … wait