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…
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First Thing You Think Of
Posted 12/5/22 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in…
Dementia’s Hourglass of Pain (poem, by me)
Posted 11/28/22 If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you. -Psalm 139:18 A poem I whipped up this long weekend partially while I sat with mom on Thanksgiving: Dementia’s Hourglass of Pain The mundane grains drain… Globe-to-globe, up-to-down, A constrained seine slows their rain…
Lots to be Thankful For
Posted 11/21/22 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. -Hebrews 13:15 Hi all! I first need to wish you a super happy Thanksgiving. May it be refreshing and life giving to you and your loved one. May it also…
1+1=2, right?…and, Resources aplenty
Posted 11/11/22 (This date’s sequence brings me joy. 11+11=22) “Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.” -Deut 12:32 Hi all! Happy Friday to each and every one of you! This month is flying by again! Next Tuesday is already Support Group…
TIA-torial
Posted 11/7/22 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. -Proverbs 4:23 Howdy folks. 🙂 Another day in paradise. 🙂 Hoping and praying your week is going smoothly. Got my vote done this morning early and hopped on really quick-like to give a needed update: Mom seems to be…
Mom Needs a Lift
Posted 11/1/22 (a full house in cards…) I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.6 The sun shall not strike…
How is Your Red Rover Line?
Posted 10/24/22 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, “The Lord has burst through my enemies before me like a bursting flood.” Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim. -2 Sam 5:20 This may feel a bit like a rerun, but I can assure you that it…
4 Years, Gone in a Blurrrrrr
Posted on the 4 year anniversary of mom’s placement (October 2022) “You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away” (James 4:14) Yesterday marked 4 years my mom has been in a nursing home with mixed…
When a Simile Does Help
Posted 10/18/22 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. -James 1:2-4 Hi all! I hope all is as well as…
4 Years…. and counting
Posted 10/11/22 I don’t have an update today. I just wanted to paste in my post on FB from 4 years ago yesterday: “Had a good visit with mom today as we prepare (emotionally), pack and practice how it will work to take mom to her new forever home: the Memory Unit of a local…