(Poem by ‘Punkin’) Posted 4/26/23 Hearing “Punkin’” Science says it releases heathy chemicals to hear our name spoken by others When I was little boy, my Momma used a pet name for me (I was Punkin’) VERY early in life I held this “Punkin’” name separate in my mind from my sisters’ and brothers’ Even though…
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Dementia’s Hourglass of Pain (poem, by me)
Posted 11/28/22 If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you. -Psalm 139:18 A poem I whipped up this long weekend partially while I sat with mom on Thanksgiving: Dementia’s Hourglass of Pain The mundane grains drain… Globe-to-globe, up-to-down, A constrained seine slows their rain…
Passed Tense (Poem)
When Mrs. W taught me my verb tenses in 5th grade Some were easy but some, well, made no sense I mean, Lay I understand, but when is it lain and not laid?? My mind was perpetually riding the fence. If he slits – he slit – he has slit But he spits – he…
Labor Day Workin’ (Poem)
Posted 9/2/22 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.- Colossians 3:23-24 1950s Are you still working on it? Grandpa sternly…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 518 (1 Year, 153 days): Big Dipper Dreams (Poem)
Posted Friday the 13th of August, 2021 Have you ever wondered if your momma used to stare at the stars when she was young and still amazed? Did she walk through fields black and quiet from the lack of cars? And did she dream of this future as she gazed? My mom was and will…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 497 (1 Year, 132 days): (Poem) Hidden Misery: Beautifully Not Unbroken
Posted 7/23/21 “Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.” –Luke 7:23 Quite a week indeed. Lots of folks with the virus and/or other ailments in our area and mom has had several…perhaps many seizures in the last week. It has been taxing on her and, truth told, on us as well….
Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 471 (1 Year, 106 days): Well-Trained (Poem)
Posted 6/25/21 (aka 6 Months Until Christmas!!! Breaking out the Michael Buble/Kelly Clarkson Music ASAP….) The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; Numbers 6: 24 – 25 Wow…another week in the can. 🙂 This is week #2607 for me in what is a…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 411 (1 Year, 46 days): (Poem) “Proud”
Posted 4/26/21 Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Proverbs 4:26 Just a little poem on the good side of pride. Pride is like faith…the object, and the heart is what matters… Pride When God calls His children and says to them with much joy, “Well done, good and…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 387 (1 Year, 22 days): (Poem) She Sees Right Through Me
Posted 4/2/21 They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. –Acts 4:2 Happy Good Friday to everyone! 🙂 Hopefully this isn’t disturbing in an undue fashion, but I too teach people that Jesus was resurrected from the dead…and we celebrate that wondrous event this…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 341: (Poem) “Tech on Trial”- A Frustrated Techie’s Anti-Tech Rant
Posted 2/15/21 “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky. Phil. 2:14-15 Tech On Trial We are only given so much time The older I get, the easier this truth is…