Life's Journey

As the author of Healthcare to Homecare, I’m asking you to trust that the information and opinions I share and express have merit. Therefore, I decided to be transparent about my education, training, experience, values, and beliefs in Life’s Journey. From obtaining my nursing degree to becoming a long-time family caregiver, patient safety, quality care, and compassion comes first for me.

The more you know about your family member’s medical condition, treatment plan, and potential resources, the more likely your care receiver (i.e., family member) is to have a complete recovery. I encourage you to read some of the many blogs I have written over the years. Chances are that you will identify with some of the many challenges I faced as a new caregiver trying to adapt to a role I did not want to face.

Finally, I want to share my faith with you, not in an attempt to convert you, but to share with you how much God helped me survive my years of caregiving and how He continues to support me through my days of grieving now that Lynn has passed. Without Jesus covering my back and meeting my needs often long before I knew what I needed, I do not know how I would have coped many days.

Life's Journey

I believe that you will feel more confident in what I share with you if you know something about my background. Therefore, I am including a summary of my education, training, and work history, as well as a summary of my caregiving experience. By doing so, I believe you will see I have a broad background in healthcare and caregiving. I also have a diverse healthcare background and the knowledge of how to research a topic to find answers if I don’t have them. Feel free to ask questions if you have any.

I also want to share my faith with you and how it helped me survive the difficult times in my life. In the early days of helping my husband, Lynn, adjust to living with primary progressive multiple sclerosis, I wrote a weekly blog. They describe in raw detail the stress I felt and the physical and mental struggles I had with adapting to caregiving. You may or may not feel the same way, but you will see how one other caregiver felt in your situation.

Homebound Outreach

Churches struggle to meet the needs of members with special medical needs and those who can no longer attend services in person. One way to have an effective outreach program for homebound members and special needs families is to fulfill a need in their lives.

Stories From My Past (Blog Posts)

One of the ways I coped with the stress in my life as a caregiver was to blog. I wrote from 2011 to 2018 mainly for multiplesclerosis.net. I am reposting those articles with their permission so you may see the struggles I also had with caregiving.

What I Believe

I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God, and as a follower of him, when I die, I will go to Heaven. As my Savior, I can go to him for help at any time, and he is there for me. Having him there has helped me through many hard times. I would like to share with you why and what I believe.

Who I AM?

A person is born, and thereafter, each minute of every day shapes them into the person they become. It’s impossible to tell you everything about me, but I’ll summarize my education, training, and background so you’ll know what I have to share with you on this website.