All of us know the problem with a wrong choice. And every caregiver is beset with the challenges of making many choices. Maybe that’s why we resonate with the story of Samuel’s difficult task to choose the future king.

How is this moment preparing me for the opportunities to come? What will they be, and will I be ready? While dealing with today, I do well to think about tomorrow.

Which part of Nehemiah’s pattern would you do well to imitate first?

I can tell you exactly what it meant for me to have Covid. Evelyn suffered, too, but we could only guess at how she felt.

In Jonah’s words of distress from the pit of his suffering, we can find help for our own prayers today.

“Writing is an act of ego.” I’ll agree. But as readers write in response to these posts, I see how writing can be about so much more than the writer.

Elijah had given his all, but still his problems kept coming. It was a situation different from—but also similar to—what caregivers sometimes face.

Finally! I have quit talking about a task I was dreading. I’m struck by how I never anticipated I would do this.

Most caregivers sooner or later will admit something close to what Solomon said to God: “I don’t know whether I’m coming or going.” All caregivers do well to repeat what Solomon sought from God next.

Rather than deny my advance (or is it slide?) toward 80, I’ve decided to pause and take stock of what I’m learning about life from this crossroads.

We can imagine the words meant more to the disciples that day than ever before. They had likely never felt less at peace.

The support group leader doesn’t seem too concerned about me. I’m not, either!

He walked and talked with them, but they couldn’t grasp the reality in their midst.

Can I chalk up my delay to everyday procrastination? Maybe.

They did not know he was the Son of God. They had no idea that the death they inflicted was all a part of God’s plan from the beginning.

I’ve sometimes been surprised by what we’re experiencing and what I’m learning. But the bottom line is a good report.

How often have we been sleeping while God was at work right beside us?

Even if your spouse is living in a memory care center, you might consider the opportunity to travel to the other side of the world. I’m glad I did.

They were as shocked to see his humble service as we may be by the necessity to do something similar.

Benevolent lies are stock-in-trade for Alzheimer’s caregivers. But I couldn’t think of any way to respond to a question that struck at the core of what she’s facing.