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Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) Hurricanes are 100mph, and 1000 miles wide--a draining bludgeoning of wind + water + waiting. Typhoons in Asia sometimes last 30-days. In USA the avg time is 6 days. The worst hurricane in US history? Not Florida, but TX. In Acts 27 Paul is a caregiver enduring a grueling, draining 2-week long Euroclydon (typhoon) on board a ship in Adriatic Sea. Paul is best example of caregiver--identifying, serving, humbling, warning, encouraging, feeding, serving, speaking--while inside a hurricane.  SOAPBOX: End PBMs & Medicare Advantage!!! Shout out to Pastor Joel Zipay, who gave me the Best Advice on being a caregiver.  

Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) Lightning strikes the earth 8M times/day. It is 5X hotter than the sun, at 5BN volts, 50,000 degree temp, and shoots thru sky 30,000 times faster than a bullet.  What is the lightning caregivers face, and how do we face it? Today I share My Story, and give 2 tips to help you. Please share your own storm experiences with me caring for your mom or dad, at info@helping.mom. I read and respond to each email.    

Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) Daughter Vivian (9yoa) reads Bible to us from John 19:26-7; 1 Timothy 5:4, and; Mark 7:10-13. QUERY: Are we so spiritually minded, we are of no earthly good? Amidst our blessings from God, do we chuck grandmother into a government-provided nursing home, and walk away from her? Do we say "We'll pray about it," or "We're thinking about you?" when we see someone close to us in need, yet "turn the other cheek" and walk away as quickly as we can? Do we believe and behave, or simply believe? Today join me and my daughters Milana, Elise & Vivian as we study 3 related Bible stories. 

Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) Mom is coming home today! 2mos ago she fell--then ER, to SX, to Rehab Hosp, to Assisted Living, now to home...if I can get a toilet installed in time!?!?! Today I share 7 easy, cool, cheap things you can do for your mom this weekend, to say "I love you," and 7 more for your dad. Your dad is a reservoir with so much inside. But we never ask. So, please, with dad, no matter what you do--ask him, wait, and listen. He will talk when he knows you will listen. And, I promise, what you hear will blow your mind, and flood your heart with many cool ideas. Share them with me at info@helping.mom 

Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) This podcast describes PRACTICAL steps to take BEFORE filing petition for guardianship. Then we discuss what is guardianship, what it does, and the 2-types of guardianship--over estate, and person.  

Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) Today we begin Guardianship, and why I love it. It's challenges are real, tho its blessings moreso. I related how the captured German U-Boat U505 helped shape me as person, and open my eyes to power of words--like "guardianship," which means Garden Ward Protection Servant Whole--all of which things go into our daily serving as guardian for our loved one. Enjoy this podcast and share with me your own experiences, tips, prayer requests about being guardian, Info@helping.mom  

Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) Today we discuss the history, modern usage and limitations of Power of Attorney. I set forth reasons why I do not recommend caregivers get POA. Shakespeare is right... 

Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) There are 3 phases of caring for your mom, and you will do all three, barring her untimely demise. The first is informal, the second is Power of Attorney, and the third is Legal Guardianship. This podcast focuses on strengths/weaknesses of informally caring for mom or dad. It is easy, creates no legal or moral authority for you (other than being a good child, doing your best to help), but leads to frustration as your mom worsens. And because you had no agreement with mom upfront, and no plan with your siblings who would do what for her when THAT TIME gets here (it is here, now), you are stuck. The thing about informal care: you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make mom drink. But what to do when it gets serious--she refuses to go to hospital, he wants to marry a Russian gold digger online, they give away their money to TV preachers....what to do next, to "make" them do what you say? Stay tuned 

Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) Daughter Milana reads the chilling Bible verses Exodus 22:22-24, then we talk about 7 Groups of People whom God Loves, and our "pure religion" to visit and care for them. This Bible Study is packed with how you and I can (indeed, must) love today the widow, widower, orphan, legitimate poor, infirm/disabled, prisoner and immigrant/sojourner.I welcome your own input and suggestions to info@helping.mom  

Contact Helping.Mom (we don’t spam) Every fact about aging in USA is negative. But 2 ideas are shared in today's podcast to improve it greatly. The key to US national aging policy must be to keep seniors in their homes as long as possible, or, if not, in the homes of loving, caring (compensated) family members. Go to What I Do | Helping Mom for more ideas.Email me your suggestions at info@helping.mom