Posted 11/18/20 Alone……………… Watching and waiting, she’s there, and yet not. Alone at the window. Who would have thought? Over seven decades of friends, family, more. Who could have imagined what was in store? A brave fly in dementia’s web now caught. Watching and waiting, she’s there, and yet not. Alone now by her phone….
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.
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 250: Majesty of the Heavens
Posted 11/17/2020 “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was,because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.” –Revelation 11:17 “Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.” – Proverbs 11:17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 249: The Search for Legitimacy
Posted 11/16/20 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. –Proverbs 11:16 Happy Monday to all! I hope you all had a great weekend! We got some decorating done and had some fun. It was nice. 🙂 My side…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 246: Fear the Friday the 13th Edition
Posted Friday the 13th of November, in the year 2020. What could possibly go wrong? (Breaking News! I hear the Communist Chinese government has mandated that one large textile plant will sew little winter jackets for the murder hornets so they can sting us in the winter. I will check on the validity of the…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 242: Tangled Vines
Posted 11/9/20 “Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.” –John 11:9 Hi all! Another Monday in paradise, I suppose. 🙂 I hope you all had a great weekend! Mine was still spent recovering for…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 239: Life is a Hike
Posted 11/6/20 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. –Hebrews 11:6 Howdy all! Back from vacation and oh the stories I can and will tell over the next few months. If you missed the…
Vacation…be back next week
Posted 10/30/20 My anniversary is this weekend and I am taking the week off…but not taking time off fighting to#EndALZ . Keep your heads up, friends. We’ll beat this thing yet. No update on mom. I finally had a session with her Wednesday. She laughed once, but was otherwise quiet. Terrible disease 🙁
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 228: Know When to Keep Your Head Down
Posted 10/26/20 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” –1 Cor. 10:26 Nuthin’ like waking up on a Monday morning to sleet falling on your head, tired leaves falling everywhere…and lightning. No worries, it will probably be 100 degrees later this week, followed by murder hornets riding into town on an Icenado. Such…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 225:What’s Next?
Posted 10/23/20 LORD, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps. Jeremiah 10:23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 Another week complete. Day 225 (!!) of the lockout of mom’s nursing home… Again, as…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 221: Speechless
Posted 10/19/20 Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues. –Proverbs 10:19 This post you may very well get what you paid for from my free blog. 🙂 I am speechless. The nursing home, shorthanded and jarred by a COVID-19 tsunami, forgot/didn’t have anyone available for my video call with…