Posted 6/26/20 Hi all! Welcome to the Cornbread table as we lumber into the weekend like a 6-legged octopus holding a conch shell in 3 legs and a piece of medical waste in the rest. Lots to be thankful for these days too, so off we go. This weekend is my son’s prom weekend. He…
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Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 105: The Privilege of Writer’s Block
Posted 6-25-20 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?” –Matthew 6:25 You may not have known this about me, but I have dabbled on again and…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 104: A Syrupy, Colorful Cloud of Dust
Posted 6-24-20 The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. –Numbers 6:24-26 (Editor’s note: I am going to start putting a verse at the head of every article. It may seem odd because chapter and verse numbers are NOT inspired like the text is…but…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 103: Anniversaries and Traditions
Posted 6-23-20 Hi to all! Welcome back to the cornbread table for our little daily snack. I hope and pray all is well in your world! I will be keeping today’s morsel smaller than normal as I have a host of activities occupying my work life today. Thank you and dig in! Note: This piece…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 102: Some Things are Harder to Lose Than Others
Posted 6-22-20 “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 99: At the Edge
Posted 6-19-20 Aren’t numbers interesting? (INSERT: Sound of 2,000 readers clicking off of the blog and going to the cat meme section.) No, I just had a few minutes before I leave for a sort of long weekend un-camping to remind you of two interesting numerical milestones that happen tomorrow, when I typically don’t write…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 98: Understanding Dementia…and Race
Posted 6-18-20 Thursday (or as my 4 x 10 hour schedule wife thinks of it Friday) is upon us. I hope your day goes smoothly and your loved one with dementia gets some rest from their anxiety this fine day. My topic a la mode today is “understanding” and I hope you are able to…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 97: Go Away, Tiger!
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…
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….