Family Caregivers

Five Coping Skills for Caregivers

I’ve read a wonderful book – Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s by Joanne Koenig Coste.  I’ll be sharing some of the ideas from her book here…and I highly recommend it to anyone caring for a loved one with dementia. A person with Alzheimer’s demonstrates some odd behaviors…and we caregivers need tools to cope with them.  In her
Faith, Gentog History

If God Brings You To It…Part 2

In our first 2 ½ years of business we’ve been very blessed.  We’ve received financing when we needed it.  We’ve received surprise donations of furniture or craft supplies.  We are blessed by new clients that come through our doors because they’ve heard from a friend that ours is a very special place.  Volunteers come to
Faith, Gentog History

If God Brings You To It

"If God brings you to it, he'll bring you through it."  My parents gave me a card with that phrase on it shortly after we opened Gentog.  I have it on my bulletin board, and I pause to read it often.  Starting a business is not easy.  Starting a business as 2 women over 50
Family Caregivers

Hello, God. Where’s That Patience I Ordered?

"Patience is a virtue...it's just not one that I have" used to be my mantra.  Once I decide something, I want it to happen right now.  If a craft project can be done in a day, I'm all over it.  If it takes weeks, forget about it.  (Sorry, Alex.  The baby blanket I started knitting