by JemB | Feb 12, 2018 | Disability, Family, Marriage, Marriage Monday
My post last week on “To Help or Not to Help” generated some great conversation on Facebook and WordPress. Thank you. Some of you noted that it is helpful to either ask, or wait to be asked if the other needs our assistance. I could not agree more. When Jerry asks for...
by JemB | Feb 5, 2018 | Disability, Family, Marriage, Marriage Monday, Ponderings
That is the question . . .at least it is one that arises often in our home. For those of us who live in a family where one spouse has a disability it can be a fine line to discern. When Jerry drops something and it is out of his reach do I automatically stop what I am...
by JemB | Oct 23, 2017 | Disability, Instructions for Life, Marriage, Marriage Monday
Before I jump into the content for today, I have two housekeeping items. Thank you to those who have already answered the survey I posted last week. Your responses have been so helpful. I am working on future posts around the topics you requested. I will leave the...
by JemB | Sep 25, 2017 | Disability, Family, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Marriage Monday
I like to ask couples what was it about the other that initially drew them to one another. For me, the first thing I noticed about Jerry was his wardrobe – all polyester, seriously! Now to his credit he was a single guy living alone and caring for his own...
by JemB | Sep 18, 2017 | Disability, Family, Marriage, Marriage Monday
I am glad so many of you enjoyed the Top Ten List last week. Disability in the family is not all about sadness, challenges, ir missing out. There is much joy and blessing in our families, as there can be in any family. Let’s take a look at some additional...
by JemB | Sep 11, 2017 | Disability, Family, Fun, Marriage, Marriage Monday
There is a lot of sadness and heaviness in our community and country this week. I thought I would divide the post about the blessings of disability in marriage into two posts. It may be good to take a little lighter look at those blessings this week. What follows is...
