Posted 7/22/20 How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. –2 Samuel 7:22 As a reminder, this series is going through the warning signs of dementia as found at this link: LINK Have you ever gotten…
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Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 123: Context
Posted 7/13/20 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 91: Of Phobias, Real and Counterfeit
Posted 6-11-20 It is already Thursday? You have to be kidding me??? Ok, well, off we go with that in mind. I just have 2 more pieces until the weekend to use to tilt against a real windmill. Today I will break out my jousting pen and fight something that scares the dickens out of…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 82: Cabin Fever Much?
Posted on local election day, 6/2/20 Howdy all! Happy Taco Tuesday!! And a happy day 82 of not getting to visit our loved ones in the nursing home/assisted living facility (hence Shawshank Day #s). I understand their rationale, mind you. I don’t fault them for it at all, given that at least a quarter of…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 69: If I Ran the Circus, I Would Call it the Circus McMarkus
Posted 5/20/20 I am a big fan of Dr. Seuss. I know that I have really only alluded to this fact in one piece, but I the fact remains that he is an absolute favorite. One of my very favorites was this gem that we read the kids frequently when they were wee: What is…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 64: Mr. Applegate’s Brain Games: The Brain May not BE a Muscle, but it is Amazing!
Posted 5-15-20 Hi all! Happy Friday to you! Another rainy day in the Ozarks, but I have high hopes. Back to our topic of the week: the brain as a muscle. OK. The brain is NOT a muscle. It uses smooth muscle to help push through and out the bad stuff. If Beta Amyloids are…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 42: The Famous Number 424
Posted 424 (to the fancy, this is called 4/24/20) Welcome to Friday! Or as we used to think of it, the weekend! Woot!!! Get out your shoehorns with me…we are going to plow through some number references in our little number series and lard them up into some thoughts about dementia again today. 🙂 Off…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 38:Vision
Posted For 20/20 Hi all! Happy Monday to you!! Day 38 of being locked out from the nursing home…with mom in “the hole”. I don’t blame them at all, but it is very sad. 🙁 Today is 4/20, a date that means little to most …unless you study history and know that Hitler’s birthday was…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 33: Happy Tax Day
Posted on what used to be called Tax Day Happy Tax Hump Day, All! Tired of social distancing yet? Yup…me too. While I have worked from home off and on amongst the million things I have done professionally , I am better suited to work with people. Oh, and it is kind of nice that…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 22: Connecting
Posted 4-3-20 Day 22 of the Shawshank Redemption Re:Dementia lock down for mom and 1.5 million others loving in nursing homes across the United States. Sigh… What a challenge for them, for their loved ones, and for the staff. The desire to keep them safe from obvious threats (the COVID-19 virus, for one…however, the flu…