Terry Chapman

  • The Ripple Effect of Caring Acts

    Always remember that more persons care about your welfare than you could imagine; then, when someone you know has a rough patch, reach out and show you care! Continue reading

  • Just One Act of Kindness

    All caregivers begin their caring “career” with just one kind act of caring for someone in need. This sole act then becomes multiplied over a lifetime of being a committed caregiver and God blesses both the caregiver and the persons… Continue reading

  • Crucifixion, Descent & Resurrection

    Each caregiver’s caregiving, is truly a ministry whether professional or lay in nature; but all caregiving begins with a caring, unselfish heart! Continue reading

  • Winter Bird Upon My Sill

    A little bird, with plumage brown,       Beside my window flutters down,       A moment chirps its little strain,       Ten taps upon my window-pane,       And chirps again, and hops along,      To call my notice to its song;      But I… Continue reading

  • Thankfulness!

    We are fortunate when we are able to provide loving care for another human being. However, we must give ourselves loving care before others so that our reserve of physical, emotional, and spiritual energy levels are high enough to match… Continue reading

  • What Is It About A Mother’s Love? May 11-12

    What is it about a mother's love that warms our heart when we remember that she always wanted the best for us? This Mother's Day, enhance your caregiving by recalling your mother's loving care of you. We know that when… Continue reading

  • What if you were not there? Day 253

    What if you were not there? Most caregivers offer help and hope, but never consider what would the person helped do if you hadn't volunteered your care. More than happenstance created a moment of need that you only responded to… Continue reading

  • Wonder & Awe Days 98-99

      Special thanks to Terry Chapman for this inspiring guest essay!   Easter should be celebrated everyday as a rebirth of hope and gratitude for all God's blessings. We caregivers need assurance that our caring brings relief to those we… Continue reading

  • Wildly & Widely Interested – Days 79-83

    If you want to be instantly marginalized just use this line: “I’m retired.” I am NOT…and never will be. Continue reading

  • Days 87-88 Hope

    The writer Nikki Barnes said it well when she wrote: “If you only carry one thing throughout your entire life, let it be hope.  Let it be hope that better things are always ahead.  Let it be hope that you… Continue reading