Hi to my friends, family, and readers! (I find myself laughing because thus far, to my knowledge my readers are my friends or family)
I’m going to take a little break in discussing caregiving topics for today.
You may not notice much from your viewpoint, but I’ve spent some time today working on the backend of this website, my own behind-the-scenes view. The site is beginning to come together, the way I envisioned it, although I still have much work to do.
I do want to point out a couple of things which were accomplished today which pertain to you, the readers.
First of all, and very important to me, as I hope it is for you, I have added a prayer request form. This is found when you hover over “Contact” at the top of this page, and you will see below it “Requests”. Click on requests and fill out the form which asks for your name and email, and has a section in which to write your prayer request. I want you to know that the requests will be private and confidential – once you submit it, it will go to my own personal email account. No one on the website will see this request.
I have chosen to include this addition to my site because I have known for many years that my spiritual gifting is in Intercessory Prayer. I pray every day, more than once a day – as often as is needed. I am very excited to be able to offer this service on my website; and it would be my honor to pray for you or a family member, or for whatever prayer need you may have presently. My own belief is that prayer makes a difference in our lives – I believe God hears and answers prayer according to His will and His timing. So, please take advantage of this new addition to my site, and know that I personally have a prayer list which I pray over daily. If you would like me to contact you regarding any request, please state that in the form.
The second “item of business” which was added to my site today has actually been there from the start; however I did not know that it was not in working-order yet. That is the Subscriber’s box on the front page on the right-hand side.
I know several of you have filled out that small form, but unfortunately I was unaware that this information was not being sent to the mail-service I subscribe to. The service was not connected and activated until this morning.
Therefore, first I would like to apologize, and secondly, I will ask you to please fill out the information again. And I will get busy on my end, composing newsletters which will go out to you, as well as updating you on my latest posts.
I have some topics I plan to discuss on this website – most of my posts will include my own experiences, as well as research on the various topics. Among the many topics are “Dealing with Chronic Illness”, “Caregiver Burnout”, “Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease”, “Grief and Loss”, and always “Self-Care.” Most of these will be done as a series of posts, then we will move on to the next topic.
My greatest desire for this website is to serve you, the reader; therefore, I would like to base my writings upon the topics my readers are currently dealing with, as caregivers, as family members, or as patients.
So, I will need to hear from you! I need to know what the most pressing issues are for you currently, or what topics you predict will be issues in the near future. Please use the comment/reply box to let me know the topics you’d like to hear about, and I will base my writings upon your comments.
The bottom-line is that this website exists to serve and support you; and it will not serve anyone if I am discussing burnout when no one is burned out!
I’d love to hear from you! Make it a great day, and a great weekend! And let me know how you are doing – I’m here for you!
Thanks so much for being a part of my family, and for reading my posts!
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