Posted 6-17-20 Just a short article today. I wish I had more time, but today is a all-you-can-eat buffet of busy. (Kids…before the pandemic came, we all used to line up at one of these buffet lines and stuff our faces, elbow-to-elbow. I know…we would never get to do THAT these days…). My quick little…
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Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 96: Happy Camper
Posted 6-16-20 Hi all! Happy Tuesday to each of you! I hope things are starting to settle in to a new normal for you. Slowly, but surely, that is where I am now. A little time off a couple of weeks ago, even while spending much of the time busy, was a clarifying and life-giving…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 95: The Beloved BBB
Posted 6/15/20 Hi all! I trust your weekend went well, at the same time knowing that us blessed with jobs see said weekends go into hyperdrive speed these days. Regardless, I hope you milked it for all it was worth. I had a nice enough weekend although a few more days would have been nice….
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 92: Patterns
Posted 6-12-20 Happy Friday, you all! I hope you have a peach weekend after sliding through this Friday with flying colors. 🙂 I had a nifty piece on a different topic in the chute for you today, but today’s date distracted me and reminded me of a key Caregiving 101 tip, so the other piece…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 91: Of Phobias, Real and Counterfeit
Posted 6-11-20 It is already Thursday? You have to be kidding me??? Ok, well, off we go with that in mind. I just have 2 more pieces until the weekend to use to tilt against a real windmill. Today I will break out my jousting pen and fight something that scares the dickens out of…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 90: 6/10/90 and Life’s Vicissitudes
Posted on what would have been my 30 year anniversary…keep reading 😉 Hi all. I have mentioned many times how much I am amazed by numbers. Today is the quintessential proof. The New England OCD Institute has this to say about people who dig numbers perhaps just a little more than I do: “Compulsive counting…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 89: Ten Things You Can Learn About Dementia From a Hurricane
Posted 6/9/20 Howdy all! Another day in paradise here. Hope the same for you, except that it be true. In reality, all could be much worse. I love my family. I love my job. Mom’s health, while by any definition is grave, is manageable and she is still seemingly happy. Things could be much, much…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 88: Special Place in Hell
Posted 6-8-20 Monday has arrived!!!! Are we havin’ fun yet? Me neither too. 🙂 One of the many rewarding parts of my job at SeniorAge relates to fraud protection and its sister job role in disaster preparedness. At the end of last week that part of my job was important, yet again. Amazingly, whenever there…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 85: Confessions of a Cardinal Fan
Posted 6/5/20 Hi all! Happy Friday…uhhh….errr….yes, Friday to every one of you. It is still hard to figure out what day it is these days, especially having added a partial day Saturday to my work schedule. I am a creature of habit and, despite the fact that my values statement at work states that I…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 84: Mom, the Observant
Posted 6/4/20 Are you an observant person? I mean, do you actively see or passively see what is around you? Said differently, can you see emotions such as pain, joy, and the like before words are ever spoken? Some might call this emotional intelligence, although there may yet be more to it than even that….