by joanborton | Caregiving, Disability, God's love, Hope, Peace
The day started a bit unusual for a Monday. Jerry went out to appointments. I did some work around the house, getting all the trash and recycling out to the bins for their evening trip to the curb. I’d never gotten it all together that early in the day. Continuing to...
by joanborton | Caregiving, God's love, Hope, Instructions for Life, Peace
Well, this didn’t go as we expected. My husband had a biopsy. We’re anxious to get the results because he feels like something is not right in his body. We’re trying not to worry. We’re praying. Yet still preparing ourselves for the potential of the big C diagnosis....
by joanborton | Family, Hope, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Marriage
When I finished my devotions, I noticed something didn’t feel right. I jumped up, found my husband, and blurted out, “I’ve finally become a Borton woman!” At some point in our twenty-eight plus years of marriage, he mentioned there is a history of Borton women losing...
by joanborton | Hope, Instructions for Life
“When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities, you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and...
by joanborton | God's love, Hope
I love Christmas decorations, especially seeing the ones other people put up outside their homes. Every year, Mom and I would drive around neighborhoods to see the lights. Some were simple and striking. Others are seemingly over the top (at least in our minds) and...
by joanborton | Bible, Caregiving, Hope, Instructions for Life
Someone once asked me to choose five verses that give me encouragement as a caregiver. That is nearly an impossible task with so many to pick from. Given the season of life I am in, they may be different today than last year. But today, here, and now, these are my top...
