Posted 1/22/24 Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her; happy are those who hold her tightly. _prov. 3:18 This is something I shared with my support group email group today, but it is worth your consideration as well. 2024, rightly so, is shaping itself into a year that could be called…
Author: Mark Applegate
When Permanent Isn’t
Posted 1/10/24 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. -James 1:17 Ay Caramba, does my mouth hurt! I have been blessed with really good teeth for the first deck of playing card of years…
The Importance of Screening for Dementia
Posted 1/8/24 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.— Isaiah 26:3 (NIV) Hello all! Happy Monday to you! I just have a quick post today to discuss screening again. 🙂 I was blessed to be on our local NBC affiliate last week and have just enough…
2024 is Here!!! 10 Mostly Numerically Oddball Thoughts to Ponder at the Edge of Another Trip Around the Sun.
Posted 1-1-24 To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. -Eph 4:22-4 Hello all! I…
As If They Were Never There
Posted 12/21/23 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! -Romans 11:33 Did you know the last day of this year, the date will be 12/31/23? How bell-shaped graph, toddler counting his numbers nifty is that??? Anywhoooo…. There is so much…
“Mush, Mush!” –OR– Forgetting TO Eat Isn’t the Same as Forgetting HOW to Eat
Posted 12/12/23 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? -Matt 6:25 I feel pretty confident I have discussed this in the…
What Causes Dementia? Everything!
Posted 12/6/23 And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? -Matthew 6:27 Dementia 101 #11 What Causes Dementia? What Prevents it? (Spoiler: everything, depending on where you look) Everything causes dementia!!!! (Sound of me throwing down keyboard and grabbing a Twinkie) Consider this a self-study. Feel free to skim…
Getting the Word Out (that this disease stinks)
Posted 12/4/23 “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Gal 6:2 How do we get the word out so that fewer and fewer are caught off-guard by this disease? I get multiple “Deer in the Headlights” calls every single week. It makes me sad because the disease…
Podcast Video and Newsletter Links
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…
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…