Posted the (Cyber) Monday after Thanksgiving (11/29/21)
“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”-Matthew 11:29
I am thankful for all of you. I forgot to remind you of that before I left for Thanksgiving break, but it was always on my mind. I try to always squeeze into the Thanksgiving season on this little blog, a reminder of how thankful I am, but I dropped the Thankfulness ball this year. Please know that you are super important to me. 🙂
I was looking through some Thanksgiving season posts from years past and thought I might repost them for you today as a reminder of from where we have come:
2018:
Thanksgiving Dinner | Alzheimer’s, Mom & the Sweet 17 | Digital Cornbread
2019:
When Thanksgiving | Alzheimer’s, Mom & the Sweet 17 | Digital Cornbread
Thanksgiving | Alzheimer’s, Mom & the Sweet 17 | Digital Cornbread
2020:
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 256: Giving Thanks | Alzheimer’s, Mom & The Sweet 17 | Digital Cornbread
2021: Just scroll around a bit and see the change. 🙁
The change in mom and the few remaining Sweet 17 members is eye-opening, to say the least. Is it harder now? In my heart, it is harder, but in my brain/body, it is actually easier…almost guilt-causingly so. She is quiet. She is stiff. She is largely outwardly unaware. Some of these older posts show the flip-side of the disease….when she was painfully aware, when she was mobile, and when she was starting her decline. What a terrible disease! But, I am thankful for where we are now because she is largely at peace and in no pain. She still eats and drinks and smiles occasionally. Words, while few, are shining lights in the dark. I will also be thankful, for her, when she enters heaven and out of this mess.
So, while I hate to leave on a melancholic note, I must do so today. Thank you for enduring my now 701st post. Thank you for enduring the technical challenge the newsletter has been. That should be resolved soon once I choke up the money to upgrade my service. The audience grew so fast that we exceeded the free accounts and my Mail Chimp account was going to be $100+ per month. I drive a $500 1990s Ford Tempo. I can’t shell out that much without a frying pan to the head and wouldn’t ask you to either…so I am working up an alternative that I can afford. Until then, please join the 10k others and just keep visiting the website. Feel free to text/call me at 417-955-2513 if I can be of service or if you want to join the online or in-person support group.
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you 🙂
-Mark
Last thought for the day: Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday and I will be putting my tin cup out there for my yearly June Fundraising event. More to come. 🙂