In this issue:

• latest news
• main article
• special offers
• bible application
• success story

SINGLE PARENT OF TWO ... AGES 21 AND 76

I may sound a bit facetious, but bear with me; it's my way of coping.  I mean, how do you handle the responsibility of being parent/guardian/caregiver to your own parent? I could mention the gut wrenching fear I experienced when I noticed the first signs of read more

WELCOME:
Hello and welcome to the first issue of Role Reversal. I thank you for your subscription and I hope that in the months to come, we will prove to be invaluable to each other as far as resources and support are concerned.

Peace,
Dee

BLURB INTRODUCES BLOG SLURPER IN NEW BLOG-TO-BOOK PROGRAM
IT Business Net (press release), CA - Sep 27, 2006 Support for additional blog services including Moveable Type, Blogger and WordPress will follow, incorporating feedback from this first beta release. read more

SPECIAL OFFERS
As mentioned in the many announcements flying by for the month of September, I have been and will continue to cement and seek out partnerships with business' and entrepreneurs to obtain discounts on products and services especially for subscribers to my mailing lists a/k/a Divine Truth Press Publications.  Thus far, we have five listed which are in various stages of supplying coupon codes. In order to ensure that said special offers remain special they will only be disseminated via the Divine Truth Press Publications Yahoo Group wherein archives are available to members ONLY.

THE BOOK CLUBHOUSE.COM, the first of our partners, is an Independent African American Online Book Store.  All books are sold at a discounted price.  All readers of Divine Truth Press Publications will receive an additional 10% discount with use of a coupon code.  To read more about The Book ClubHouse, click here.  To read more about our partners, click here
 

BIBLE APPLICATION

"Regard (treat with honor, obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord yur God gives you." ~ Exodus 20:12 (Amplified Bible)*

Many interpret the above scripture as God's call for us to obey our parents.  Not only to obey them, but to honor them, i.e. hold them  in high esteem, behave in a manner that our actions bring honor to them in their presence as well as in their abscence.

As a teen I got the hang of this.  As an adult I thought I had it covered until it came down to this elder care situation three years ago.  That is when I learned or began to appreciate, if you will, the fullness of the "treat with honor and courtesy aspect". Even then, our actions have to be honorable in the way that we care for our parents, preserve their dignity where possible, and avoid making them feel as burdens or incompetent.  How do we do this?One simple act at a time.

For e.g. I found that giving my mom advance warning of our Agenda for the day or week served to mitigate her panic attacks and her confusion. That way she could check the weather report, decide what she wanted to wear, and be ready on time. (an hour to an hour and a half early).  Another thing that helped is that I learned to allow her to do the things that she is comfortable doing for herself and not assume that she needs constant assistance.  And best of all, wiht the aid of AAA (mentioned in above article) I hired someone just for her who acts as more of a companion who does household tasks than a health aide.  It is with these actions that we reap the promised reward: longevity.

*Words in parentheses are not actual words in the Bible, just provided by the publisher to further enhance understanding of the text.

SUCCESS STORY
Share your success story. What strides have you made since, last week, last month or last year?  feedback