Posted 12/1/23 (I love this date. “a1, a2, a123!!!!” It releases my inner dancer?) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. -Eph 2:10 What a week! I miss having more time to share stories, updates, research, and the like with…
Author: Mark Applegate
Christian, husband, and dad...and a workplace chiropractic geek and cornbread chef on the side. I am also happily the Director of Systems Alignment for the SeniorAge Area Agency on Aging.
Neighboring Podcast Appearance Thursday
Posted 11/27/23 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. -James 2:8 Just a head’s up and an invitation…. I will be appearing on a wonderful University of Missouri Extension Podcast this Thursday, 11/30 at noon. (LINK) The session will be…
Holiday Tips
Hard to believe we are already in that season again! Posted 11/21/23 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Col. 3:15 This is a little redundant, but I hope some of these brief tips can help make this next…
Serendipitous Encouragement from the Vicissitudes of Life…or… Getting a Smile From God at Just the Right Time
Posted 11/15/23, a generally boring date, to be sure “Be strong and take heart,all you who hope in the Lord.” -Psalm 31:24 On 10/10/18 I began this little blog with the post found above in the top tab above labeled “Alzheimer’s, Mom & the Sweet 17” which has since come to be a subtitle for…
Sticks and Stones Break My Heart
Posted 11/10/23 And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan …Joshua 4:21-24 From…
Hi: Crimes and Missing d’Mom
Posted Halloween 2023 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Ps 118:24 One of the most challenging things, to me, is something I have talked about here many times: tempering expectations correctly. I preach and preach about finding joy among the sadness, and I completely believe it…
The Bruce Willis Test
Posted 2 months from Christmas, 2023 (Yippee Ki Yay!!) A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. Prov 26:6 Just a head’s up. I get a lot about dementia in my inbox for various reasons. There is a lot of good stuff that I share with my support group and everyone…
Things You Can Draw from a 1980s Rock Song that can Help with Dementia
Posted 10/17/23 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.-Prov 16:32 When you spend as much time in the world of dementia care and the like as I do, you become so immersed that it becomes a part of many parts…
Some Hopefully Helpful Tips for Preventing Dementia
Posted 10/12/23 Ants have no ruler, no boss, and no leader. But in the summer, ants gather all of their food and save it. So when winter comes, there is plenty to eat. -Prov 6: I shared this with my co-workers today and thought it might be of use to you as well. 🙂 These…
F*R*I*E*N*D*S*
Posted 10/10/23 “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” -John 15:13 I like theme songs. I just do. I Love’m! In fact, I struggle to like and especially binge a show with a mediocre theme song. I admit it, they are some of my favorite tunes…