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We work, play and worship with them; they are our friends, daughters, sons, sisters and brothers – they are caregivers of children with special needs. There are some simple things we can do to make their lives easier and let them know we care. We can’t know each individual but we can look at their […]
September 12, 2012
For parents of a normal child it is relatively easy to consider the emotional strain that a special needs child could place on you. Imagine if your child needed 24×7 care, could not play outside with friends or was so depressed they wanted to take their own life and your heart feels heavy, […]
August 15, 2012
We understand what it’s like to prepare to leave the hospital with a medically-fragile patient. Our second child was born on the Submarine Base in Groton, CT. At that time the technology was not what it is today and he was born with a condition called Gastroschisis, See more at: via Bringing a medically-fragile […]
August 5, 2012
The stress on a family caregiver can be immense and the tendency can be to focus on getting the job done and not take the time to examine the feelings and frustrations we feel. As we focus on the job at hand we can begin to feel loneliness, boredom, fear and worry and a loss […]
August 5, 2012
When I lived in Miami it was common for stories like this to make the news and that was back in the 1990s. The fact is we don’t do a good job of taking care of providing psychological treatment for anyone in the United States. As family we need to be more aware of how […]
rickmorey 
September 17, 2012
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