Posted the day before New Year’s Eve, 2019 Hi all! Thank you for granting me the respite few days to celebrate the Christmas season! It was a wonderful few days and mom was well, all things considered, too. 🙂 She had good days and less good days. She is quite happy, but her speech as…
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.
Merry Christmas!!
Posted Christmas, 2019 Merry Christmas, Digital Cornbread family! Thank you for a year of encouragement as we fight to #EndALZ! May God richly bless you now and in the coming year! -Mark
Twas The Afternoon Before Christmas
Posted 12-24-19 Growing up an Applegate holds far, far more good memories than bad. At Christmas, things were particularly joyful, mainly because our folks spent even more time with us than usual. Leading up to the big day, mom always gathered the troops together to make things to hang on the tree. Sure, we had…
What…Me Stop???
Posted 12-23-19 I hope you all had a great weekend as we dig deeply into the Advent/Christmas/Hanukkah seasons. 🙂 I had a wonderful weekend capped off by a beautiful and worshipful church service, then a super Christmas party at my in-laws yesterday. I truly love this time of year!! Sunday the Springfield News Leader published…
A Thing or Two or Three We Can Learn About Dementia from AT&T
Posted 12-20-19 I just a quick thought or two or three about our topic as I gather my goods up and head to a funeral of a wonderful damsel-in-distress-no-more mother of a good friend/colleague. As I was driving and praying (with my eyes open, thank you very much) on the way to work today, an…
My Regifted Advice
Posted 12-19-19 I admit it. I am a regifter. Some Christmas seasons I am a serial regifter. So far….so far… I haven’t been busted or hurt anyone’s feelings. I walk a thin and precarious line, I know… I was thinking about regifting as I drove in today and thought this might be a nice time…
A Sea of Red at Christmas
Posted 12-18-19 Red is my favorite color. I love the St. Louis Cardinals. I love cardinals on the hedge next to my kitchen window. I “loved” the Little Red Head Girl” on Peanuts (as did Charlie Brown) as my second crush (after Darla on The Little Rascals) when I was a grade school chap. I…
10 Things You Can Learn About Dementia from a Christmas Parade
Posted 12-17-19 I love parades like Oprah loves bread! At the end of last week, our family was blessed to watch the Bolivar Christmas parade and, despite the bitter cold, we enjoyed it very much! Well, I suppose my article title gave me up, but it got me thinking about dementia. (Surprise) The Show Must…
Thank you! :)
Posted 12-16-19 Just dropping you a line today to say thank you to the 30+ who have already sent a card to me to give mom. She had cards from a few different states which she seemed to kind of understand. 🙂 She loved them and will love the rest as they come in too…
Ten Things You Can Learn About Dementia By Swimming Under the Ice
Posted 12-13-19 I hope and trust that you all survived the ravages of the full moon yesterday! 🙂 It was another super busy day in my little world, with projects up to my armpits and my expectations up to my nose, but it was nice nevertheless. Mom had a good day, as is the new,…