Posted 4-21-19 Today is the celebration of the day that is the source of the strength that keeps me going. Christ defeating death that Easter takes away the sting of Alzheimer’s, or anything else that harms us,for the believer. It is terrible for her now, but heaven will be even more sweet with this time…
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.
Watch Your Diet, Caregiver
Posted 4-20-19 Just a quick caregiver thought this holiday weekend: Be careful to watch your entertainment diet. I love reading and contributing to caregiver forums, studying cures and treatments and serving up digital cornbread for you. I really do. It helps me vent. It gives me a forum to cry, safely. It helps me see…
What Matters
Posted 4-19-19 I feel like a terrible person referring to mom in the past tense in any sense, but in this case it is ok…I will explain later. Mom was a very frugal person really until the start of when dementia shifted gears into the current later term Alzheimer’s juggernaut. My childhood shopping hangouts were…
I Lost My Music
Posted 4-18-19 I had a really nice visit with mom today, albeit a tad earlier in the day than normal. I hit the traditional nappy time for most of the Sweet 17, right after lunch as their mush piles have had time to settle hearts and stomachs. When I got there, three princesses were asleep…
Changing Times
Posted 4-17-19 One of mom’s most amazing traits is her flexibility and willingness to change. Mom was a stay-at-home mom for many, many years and gradually entered the workforce later in our childhood. Later in our early adulthood, needing money but balanced with wanting to be an available mom/grandma, mom worked for temp agencies…a lot….
Spring Dreaming
Posted 4-16-19 “I need a break!” Eleven-year-old Brenda said, sighing as she scooped another shovel of poo into the pile the same way she did every stinking Saturday while her friends…uhhh…did the same thing at their farm home. “Cows are milked, the stupid horse is fed, the fence and gate are checked, the dishes are…
Team
Posted 4-15-19 Happy Tax Day, all. I hope you caught my “sweet” tax day early post from a couple days ago. If not, here it is: Link. I was involved (personally) in team sports the first 18 years of life in one way or another. I was probably brought in utero to sporting events that…
Hold Fast
Posted 4-14-19 Like they have many times in my last few years, a song by the Christian group Mercy Me has provided some salve on my soul. The song this time is one of their slightly older ones: Hold Fast Hold Fast To everyone who’s hurtingTo those who’ve had enoughTo all the undeservingThat should cover…
Not Much is Certain About Sweets
Fun/sad Mark Applegate fact: I have successfully lost over 100 pounds four times in my life. 50 pounds…probably a half dozen times too. If weight loss had a frequent flier program, I would be flying to the Canary freaking Islands by now…and first class at that. I have lost it on Atkins, Weight Watchers twice,…
Beating the East Wind
I am a huge fan of the BBC series Sherlock, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss and Andrew Scott among an rambunctious, star-studded cast. In fact, a quick glance of the top of my desk will clearly reveal this love: “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be…