Posted Halloween 2023 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Ps 118:24 One of the most challenging things, to me, is something I have talked about here many times: tempering expectations correctly. I preach and preach about finding joy among the sadness, and I completely believe it…
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The Bruce Willis Test
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…
Things You Can Draw from a 1980s Rock Song that can Help with Dementia
Posted 10/17/23 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.-Prov 16:32 When you spend as much time in the world of dementia care and the like as I do, you become so immersed that it becomes a part of many parts…
Some Hopefully Helpful Tips for Preventing Dementia
Posted 10/12/23 Ants have no ruler, no boss, and no leader. But in the summer, ants gather all of their food and save it. So when winter comes, there is plenty to eat. -Prov 6: I shared this with my co-workers today and thought it might be of use to you as well. 🙂 These…
F*R*I*E*N*D*S*
Posted 10/10/23 “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” -John 15:13 I like theme songs. I just do. I Love’m! In fact, I struggle to like and especially binge a show with a mediocre theme song. I admit it, they are some of my favorite tunes…
Clinical Studies and Trials Primer
Posted 10/4, Good Buddy The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,but fools despise wisdom and instruction. -Prov. 1:7 Hi all! Just dropping a quick article to share my most recent experience with clinical trials/studies (guinea pigging as I like to call it). I just finished this year’s 3 PET Scans. This one is…
Beam Me Up: 10 Things You Can Learn About Dementia from Star Trek
Posted Stardate 101330.48 (aka 9/25/23) “You alone are the Lord.You have made the heavens,The heaven of heavens with all their host,The earth and all that is on it,The seas and all that is in them.You give life to all of themAnd the heavenly host bows down before You.” Nehemiah 9:6 I am a geek. I admit…
The Springfield Missouri Walk to End Alzheimer’s is Saturday, 9/23 at 11am (in-person registration starts at 9:30)
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” -Rev. 21:4 The Springfield Missouri Walk to End Alzheimer’s is Saturday, 9/23 at 11am (in-person registration starts at 9:30) “I walk so my…
10 Things You Can Learn From a Retired Pitcher About Dementia
Posted 9/8/23 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -Num 35:17 Believe it or not, despite my looking like an offensive lineman in football, I actually used to be a pitcher in baseball. Here is a…
Super Moons, Stars, and Mom
Posted 9/1/23 To Him who made the great lights,For His lovingkindness is everlasting:The sun to rule by day,For His lovingkindness is everlasting,The moon and stars to rule by night,For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -Psalm 136:7-9 There is just a ridiculous amount of stuff happening with the night sky these days. Mom and dad always taught…