This is Elvis Evans. I am a former student of yours from way back in the days of 1977-78.
I do not think I ever had an opportunity to thank you. You were instrumental in the successes I have enjoyed in my life. In 1977, I was a lost kid looking for someone to understand me. I wore a hearing aide, which was an anomaly back then. I was also epileptic and wore orthopedic shoes, which back then only came in one style; wing tip.
Don’t overlook the major caregiver. He or she needs some uplifting too! The most difficult time for my wife (Jean) and me was dealing with the two-and-a-half-year losing battle with cancer waged by our nineteen -year-old son, Paul. Within days of the diagnosis, his left leg was amputated two-thirds above the knee, and after metastasis he endured a series of six lung surgeries. My response was to personally appropriate the stories of Jesus’ encounters with heartbroken parents: Mark 5:23 became, “My son is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on him, so that he may be made well, and live.”
What does flying a plane or riding a bike or walking 60 miles have to do with our subject of caring for individuals who are going through a crisis? Listen to this radio program and the connection will become clear.
When someone we care for is hurting, we are tempted to rush in with a "quick fix" to help make the person feel better. When a person has lost someone or something important, he or she grieves, and you can't immediately fix it. Grief is a journey that takes time—lots...
"Life is so uncertain. I'm not sure what my divorce settlement will be, where I'll live, and with whom the children will be living. I can't sleep nights. I've lost weight, and I can't stop crying. Quite frankly, life is the pits right now." As Ann's friend and...
How can you go about helping those who grieve? Megan Devine, grief advocate and author of, It's OK That You're Not OK says that many people are uncomfortable with bereavement. “Grief is a natural response to death and loss — it’s not an illness to be cured or a...