Last Friday, my youngest son, Caeleb, finished the first week of his final year in high school. He’s a mighty…
Joe MacDonald
Rev. Dr. Joe K. MacDonald is a pastor in the New Mexico Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Cazandra, live in Belen, New Mexico, along with their youngest son, Caeleb, and two fur babies, Laggie and Hildie. Both of Joe’s sons (the oldest is Julian) have severe hemophilia A, factor VIII deficiency. Julian was diagnosed in 1996 and Caeleb in 2006. Joe serves on the Board of the Sangre de Oro Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation. Joe’s goal is to help his sons and others in the community use their voices to help improve the quality of life for those with bleeding disorders.
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Articles by Joe MacDonald
Several of my recent columns centered on my frustration with hemophilia entering my sons’ lives at the most…
My youngest son, Caeleb, and I made the 500-mile journey from our home in New Mexico to Alpine, Texas, last…
Oh, my goodness! My youngest son, Caeleb, is preparing for a wonderful senior year of high school. It seems like…
Last Friday, my youngest son, Caeleb, and I started our day as usual and ate at one of our favorite…
The past two weeks have been especially busy as I produced and directed the musical “Honk! JR.” in my…
One fall evening in 1998, I looked around my dining room table in Houston and saw the faces of men…
In my five-plus years of writing columns for Hemophilia News Today, I’ve missed two weeks. Many times, I feel…
My family has rented an Airbnb for a week in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We decided to take a few…
Last week proved a time of celebration in the MacDonald house as my oldest son, Julian, came home to spend…