Posted 3-10-20 Have you ever noticed how life seems to be made up of 1,000,000 small decisions? While I realize this is kind of a cliche, who would I be to be too innovative when the best wisdom is widely available out there for the asking? Take exercise, for instance. I have gotten up at…
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Go Back, Go Back, Go Back to Where You Were
Flashback to Monday, April 23rd, 2018. My sister and I rejoined Weight Watchers (now called WW) with a newfound zeal to lose weight (she was nearly at goal, but was being kind enough to join with me. I weighted a mighty 317.8. My WW dashboard history shows my rapid descent from there to 284 just…
Happy 1 Year Digital Cornbread Bloggerversary
Posted 3-6-20 Today marks the one year anniversary of the blog! 🙂 Thank you very much for coming to my little cornbread table and many, many more thanks for your fine contributions! It has been a challenging year to say the least. I have been fortunate to tell my story on TV 3 or 4…
Recap of Memory Day
Posted 3-5-20 Yesterday marked the second time I have been blessed to attend Memory Day at our state’s capital in Jefferson City. I love to go to this event and hope to continue going yearly as long as they will have me. Not only is it a unique opportunity to try to share our stories…
Be Right Back
Posted Memory Day 2020 Hi all! I have been in Memory Day at Jefferson City today advocating for folks with dementia. I will have to post tomorrow about the ins and outs, but suffice it to say that it was a very nice day and hopefully we made a difference. Update: All is the same…
This is Us…Wow, Just Wow!
Posted 3-3-20 I would like to say that I am taking a one-day hiatus from our topic to talk up a TV show, but it is completely not the case. Today I want need to talk about the NBC show This is Us. There will certainly be spoilers throughout, so please skip down a ways…
Flu-Mania
Posted 3-2-20 I am not a medical professional. I get it. However, I have a pretty good head on my shoulders. As I watch the news (out of the corner of my eye since I am not a big “news person”) I wonder why on Earth we are bombarded with all of the coverage of…
10 Things You Can Learn About Dementia From Planet Fitness
Posted 2-28-20 Happy Friday, all! Another week (nearly) in the books and still no cure or life-extending treatments, but we march on toward that end. It has been an eventful week, as they all seem to be, ending today with a brief appearance on KY3, or local NBC affiliate, talking about our new SeniorAge Alert…
What Do I Do With This Information??? –OR– Wild Goose Chases Run Amok
Posted 2-27-20 Did you know that there has never been a diagnosis of Schizophrenia applied to a person born blind due to cortical blindness ? Psychology Today adds “across all past papers, there has not been even one reported case of (any) congenitally blind person who developed schizophrenia.” People who go blind, even at a…
A Quick Break from the Regularly-Scheduled Programming
Posted 2-26-20 Last Night I was fortunate to to attend the kickoff to the Walk to End Alzheimer’s season, if you will. This walk, held this year on the morning of September 19th, is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Alzheimer’s Association, by far the largest advocacy group fighting to end this stinkin’…