Posted 8-20-19 This little piece of digital cornbread may have a grain of more significance for folks who have kids or fix things for a living. But, come to think of it, don’t we all “fix things” for a living? (Deep thoughts= no extra charge) If you are over 60 and/or not an Internet junkie,…
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Big Boys Don’t Cry…and other things that make it hard to care for loved ones.
(Self-Care Tips for Male Caregivers) Posted 8-19-19 This article is pretty much for men. Ladies, feel free to read, gently chime in and/or give your take, but no piling on… I will be hard enough on us. First of all, let me preface these comments with some foundation work: I am not a feminist-type of…
Great! I Have the Diagnosis. Now What?!?!
Posted 8-16-19 I received a message from a super sweet, but shell-shocked lady in the Midwest yesterday that reminded me that we haven’t really done much lately with talking about “Now What???” issues when you first get the dreaded diagnosis. Here is my take of a good jumping off point of how to get prepared…
Walking and Surveying Losses in the Trenches
Posted 8-15-19 It has been a pretty rough month already. Three more have passed away in the last week or so, including a latecomer to the Sweet 17 ( at least 2 of dementia complications and the third likely probably did too although something else gets the blame for his passing). Multiply her little nursing…
Mom, the Crash Non-Test Non-Dummy Sacrificer Lady
Posted 8-14-19 One of the many things I have always appreciated about my mom is her sacrificial nature. She has always, especially in my later life, cared more that things go well for me than her. She, like all of us, had her occasional need for “Me Time”, but her primary concern was her role…
Making Hays
Posted 8-13-19 Today’s topic is hay!!!! <Whispering to self- Where did everyone go?> Come on, give me a chance! I have had stranger topics in past articles! For those who have endured, I give thanks. So, hay. This word popped in my mind several times yesterday for some reason while I had a nice visit…
Birthday Extravaganza
Posted 8-12-19 We all had a very nice time at the 75th birthday party Saturday morning. Mom was pretty alert and seemed to enjoy the festivities but she told me as I left she wished we wouldn’t leave. It is rare when I hear mom say a complete sentence that expresses her feelings, but that…
How to Visit your Own Sweet 17 Loved Ones
Posted 8-9-19 Yesterday’s mini birthday party for mom was nice. We all gathered around and sang Happy Birthday to her (with her joining in) over a cupcake, likely the highlight of the time for mom. Our big bash is Saturday where over 20 will be there including friends and family. We will all be wearing…
Just Believe
Posted 8-8-19 on the occasion of Mom’s 75th Birthday Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus’s Daughter (Mark 5:21-43) 21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing…
Mom, the Green Thumb
Posted 8-7-19 My mom has a green thumb. Some would say that I should change the tense of the previous sentence since she is currently in the final stages of Alzheimer’s, but I don’t need that kind of negativity in the ole digital cornbread blog. The information is still “in there”, she just cannot access…