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He Knows My Name
Taking care of someone who is dying is very demanding. Doing it for a lengthy period of time is like running a marathon; it requires discipline, determination, and often times divine intervention.I share this story with Karen’s permission.Karen had been taking care of her mother for over four years. Karen’s mother had suffered a stroke and was suffering from dementia. Karen had some assistance from other family members, but Karen’s mother lived with her and Karen took care of her every day needs.After one particularly trying week of hard work, Karen was feeling overburdened and exhausted. She questioned her abilities, chafed at the isolation and wondered whether God really knew…
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Of Lamp Shades & Other Finds
“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is a cliché. Most of us are familiar with. Yesterday, as I got lost looking for a patient’s home, I saw something interesting in a trailer by the roadside. After a closer look, I realized it was an old upright piano lying on its side, more or less intact. After I completed my patient visit, I stopped back by the roadside piano and walked around it. Once upon a time, it had been a real beauty. Made of oak with real ivory keys now stained by age lay beached in the trailer like the carcass on animal left behind because it no longer…