Mary and Tom A story of love, resilience, and transformation Mary Quietly, she spends each morning in a bedroom that she transformed into a studio. The rest of the house is open to any number of visitors, clinicians, aids, and family, but this space is hers; just hers. Slowly, she makes her way through her […]
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Unconventional Family – 2
Norma & Jack Norma and Jack met during the Vietnam conflict while they were both in the Air Force, and like many service-members from the Vietnam era, they wasted no time in getting married. They jumped in Jack’s Buick, headed to Lawton, Oklahoma, and got married just a few weeks after they met. Norma told […]
Unconventional Families – 1
The Nativity – An unconventional family in an unconventional community As you settle into your holiday traditions, stop for a moment and give the Nativity a second look (or maybe a first look). You can find a blow-up version in your neighbor’s yard, an organic version at your local church, or maybe a ceramic relic […]
Military Caregivers = Service Humans
When I talk to others about military caregivers, or caregivers in general, they often confuse military caregivers with clinical caregivers. Military caregivers, just like family caregivers, are not clinical caregivers. We are not! We are more closely related to service dogs than nurses, doctors, or social workers, but it’s almost impossible to change the visual […]
Life Insurance deadline for Service-connected Disabled Veterans
Deadline: December 30, 2022 Service-connected Disabled Veterans who were awarded a NEW Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) disability rating within the last two years can apply for Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI), until December 30th of 2022. Why should Veterans care about life insurance deadlines? Disabled service-members qualify for great, inexpensive life insurance when they exit the […]
The VA, FINALLY, includes all military caregivers in PCAFC
Messy but they try One of the best and worst programs for military caregivers is the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC). PCAFC is a program that supports individuals who care for a wounded, ill, or injured servicemember, after that servicemember is discharged from the military. There is an application process to participate […]