Tag Archives: caring for aging parents

This Old House: Happy Memories and Moving On

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Heart of the Matter

This morning, I headed across town for one last look at the house I grew up in. There was a unique piece of furniture I needed to get out of the house—a coffee table made from an old wagon wheel. … Continue reading →

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Hope for the Terminally Ill: A New Tent for Eternity

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Heart of the Matter

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Blessings from a Hospital Room

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

  Sometimes we gain the most from the people who have the least to give. I stepped out of my mother’s house into the blazing summer heat feeling like a cloth twisted and wrung out, emerging flattened, from an old-fashioned washing machine. I … Continue reading →

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Surprises from a Mama’s Life: Legacy and Letters

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

  Those of us who have elderly parents don’t often think about the life our parents led before old age set in. We see them as idle, helpless, quietly supportive, struggling… watching from the sidelines as life in all it’s busyness moves … Continue reading →

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