Posted 2 months from Christmas, 2023 (Yippee Ki Yay!!) A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. Prov 26:6 Just a head’s up. I get a lot about dementia in my inbox for various reasons. There is a lot of good stuff that I share with my support group and everyone…
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Is it Time to Get Your Memory Checked?
Posted 6-12-19… but leaving on top of the post list due to its more important content. (Click here to return to the main page for newer content) One of my very favorite resources on the Alzheimer’s Association website (and there are many!) is their cornerstone article “10 Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer’s“. This list…
This Old House: It’s the Only One We Get For Now
Posted 1/14/25 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,And I wither away like grass. But You, O LORD, shall endure forever,And the remembrance of Your name to all generations. Psalm 102:11-12 Bob and Norm on David Letterman (Warning, beware of awesomeness explosion) Do you like This Old House? Do you REALLY like it like I used…
It’s FROSTY Outside!: Cool Winter Tips for the Dementia Caregiver
Posted 1-8-25 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’ -Job 37:6 It is wintertime again friends! Here are some tips I whipped up today to help you navigate the bad weather we are facing right now. 🙂 I hope they help. But first a…
Understanding Names: Coolness is Overrated, Obsolete, and Lamentable
Posted 1/6/25 Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. -Prov. 17:6 Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you. -Deut. 32:7 (A rare mostly non-Alzheimer’s related piece. No…
In Support of Support Groups
Posted 12/20/24 Behold, how good and pleasant it iswhen brothers dwell in unity!It is like the precious oil on the head,running down on the beard,on the beard of Aaron,running down on the collar of his robes!It is like the dew of Hermon,which falls on the mountains of Zion!For there the Lord has commanded the blessing,life…
Microglia: A Reason to Be Thankful
Posted Thanksgiving Week, 2024! It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” -Matt 13:32 This has been a very hard year for me and my…
Redeeming the Bad, Pacing the Weary, and Helping the Vulnerable: The Verbs Have It
Posted 11/8/24 Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel. -Proverbs 20:15 Hello all! Sorry for yet another long gap between pieces. When asked what I would do if money was no object, I would say pretty much exactly what I am doing now, but with some…
Not a Drop in the Bucket
Posted 10/7/24 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Gal 6:9 I have been hyper-busy the last few weeks. I yearn to share here more, but a few videos of what I have been up to will have to…
What Causes a Dementia-nado?
Posted 9/16/24 “For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed,but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. “O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.” -Isa 54:10-11 According to a…
Digital Cornbread: A Labor of Love. Oh, and WALK SEASON IS HERE!
Posted 9/12/24 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. -Gal 6:9 Part of me would love to quit every job and volunteer endeavor I do and just write Digital Cornbread posts all day long. I mean that, friends. You…
Why is a Cure So Stinking Hard to Find??? (and some more hope)
Posted 8/19/24 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. -Psalm 139:14 Why is a cure so stinking hard to find??? I mean, we have been studying such for decades and decades!!! Here are a few good reasons: Enter this article from the ever-amazing Washington University (St….