Posted 0-9-9-0 (Actually 9-9-19, but the first looks like a bicycle for 2:) ) The older I get, the more I realize that we really live two lives simultaneously. Not in a feline nine lives kind of way, mind you, but two nonetheless. We think we live the life we planned to live but we…
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Billows Part 4: Fighting the B.I.L.L.O.W.S.
Posted 9-6-19 As we wrap up this odd little topic, I need to reiterate what a billow is from the first piece: A billow, according to the beloved Merriam-Webster online version, is one of two things: a wave especially : a great wave or surge of water the rolling (billows of the sea) a rolling mass (as of flame…
Billows Part 3: When Sorrows Like Sea Billows Roll
Posted 9-5-19 I realize we have covered this song a little in past episodes of Digital Cornbread, but I cannot finish a decent list that covers defeating the billows of dementia without this wonderful hymn. “It Is Well With My Soul” was written by an imperfect man (like us all), a lawyer named Horatio Gates…
Billows Part 2: Count Your Blessings
Posted 9-4-19 Yesterday we discussed how vast and powerful God is as we discussed the word Billows as found in the old song “Love Lifted Me”. Nothing is beyond Him, whether it be an Alzheimer’s cure/treatment, or a future home in heaven! He will part seas as necessary. Today we move to the second song…
Billows His Will Obey
Posted 9-3-19 Happy Monday Tuesday to all!!! It is going to be a great week! I am super thankful every day that I have some folks that read my chicken scratchings here… and that they comment and support and do some things that help defeat this disease. And, it will be defeated one way or…
Happy Labor Day to All
Posted 9-2-19 I will be spending the Labor Day holiday recouping and preparing for another good week today. Here are a couple cornerstone pieces from the past for your consideration: https://digitalcornbread.com/ill-take-reasons-i-hate-alzheimers-for-800-alex/ Thank you for visiting the site/FB page. I appreciate you more than you know! 🙂 Update: Yesterday mom was still quite tired, but still…
Doodling the Days Away: Mom, the Creative One
Posted 8-30-19 Hi all! Welcome back to the Digital Cornbread table this threshold day of the long Labor Day weekend! Be careful out there on the roads this weekend! I am going to revisit one aspect of mom today that I have addressed before, but if you are to know her, you need this one:…
Throwback Thursday at the Table
Posted 8-29-19 I am citing for your consideration a couple rerun posts as a reminder from whence we have come. I am sick today (respiratory). I am surprised it took me a few hundred visits to the nursing home before I finally caught some plague from that place…but it is here. Here are a few…
Is the Brain a Muscle?
Posted 8-28-19 Maybe the title would be better stated “Is the brain LIKE a muscle”? I have wondered that ever since mom was diagnosed with a “mild kind of dementia” around a decade ago. Can brain exercise prevent dementia? Can it slow the progression? Did it slow the progression with mom? I mean, she played…
Speaking of Tethered: With a Ball & Chain
Posted 8-27-19 I am an IT Professional by trade although I have a host of hats. Yesterday’s storm knocked out the internet at mom’s nursing home. Mayhem, chaos, lions, tigers and bears, (oh my!) ensued. How do we function without the internet???? Some panicked, others rejoiced. All had their jobs take longer. So, how do…