Families fighting for Caregivers

a group I'm trying to get growing called Familes Fighting for Caregivers. I started this blog from the beginning to advocate and share about my life as a mother to a severely physically challenged, totally dependent now almost 24 year old. Several of my blog posts relate somehow to life in the midst of very special individuals who are such a part of ourselves, our lives, our spirituality. Anyone interested, please share the info for how to connect with our group on Facebook. Families Fighting for Caregivers Global Basic Info Type: Common Interest - Families Description: support network for individuals and families who care for special needs family members at home NEEDING ADVOCATES TO CHANGE REGULATIONS/HOURS FOR HOME CARE PROVIDERS AND RESPITE REGULATIONS!!! These families need time to function outside of constant care demands with little to no flexibility given by agencies, that claim to be community based programs........it is time for change that works for us and for our 'challenged' love ones, and does not dictate how or when we can use hours of assistance and who that assistant is for a particular family.....we need CHOICE and Greater FLEXIBILITY and freedom to enjoy some life outside of overwhelming constant, exhaustive demands of extremely dependent individuals because alternatives are poor at best for young adult, especially physically challenged, children of families often caught being caregivers to elderly parents at the same time, severely sandwiched between continuing and often constant basis supervision. WE are the ones giving care to everyone but our marriages and ourselves. Contact Info Annette Monts Falls Email: Annette4clay@aol.com Location: Chapin, SC

Fairy Godmothers

It has been a very long time since I've even attempted a blog post here.....I read things I wrote this time last year and in many ways, it is difficult to fully comprehend the passage of time. I've discovered old friends and I network new friends on Facebook, so this blog has gathered dust. I've written about my dreams to be a "Cinderella"; afterall, the Disney quiz on Facebook says that is 'my' character and I've been waiting on my Fairy Godmother in some abstract way to connect with me. Some will recall my Cinderella and Fairy Godmother pix in my photo albums, ha, ha! Through the Beth Moore blog, I read an entry for someone who 'whispered' to me in a rather fairy like manner......more appropriately a God-Motherly or should I say, a God-siesta-ly fashion. I checked out her blog and there are so many things I find so like me and I've never met her in any way than reading her comment on the LPM site late this afternoon. That is where the Breath of Heaven clip came from, my favorite song and mentioned in my Waiting and Wanting post. I am always amazed at how God pours Grace down upon us and sometimes we are so filled that we begin to spill over even after feeling empty for a while. I am amazed at how the Holy Spirit can time things; moments that easily spill tears from my eyes and cause them to stream down my cheeks I suppose similar to how this incredible technology 'streams' one thing to another thing, one individual to another in the blink of an eye. And so, as I wipe my eyes, Thank you to those fairies out there who twinkle in the image of God's eye.

November 11, 2008

If anyone visits and has facebook I am trying to learn new tricks........Annette updates and photos are there since joining around Halloween.........however, this old dog is aging and the body and mind are certainly proving that theory...........odd, tonight someone posted a comment about my poem The Old Oil Lantern...........if you are reading this, thank you............