Posted 1-2-20 …that seems weird to type. My family, especially my oldest and I, love puzzles. There is something visually-pleasing about transforming a huge pile of colored blobs into a cohesive picture, then tearing it down again. Here is my daughter’s Christmas puzzle: Dementia is a puzzle too. Here is how: As best we understand…
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2019: A Year in Review
Posted the last day of 2019 Thank you for another couple holidays away from writing. 🙂 I absolutely love to write, but I dislike writing in a time that is crazy busy, as in holidays, because I have much higher standards for myself than it would appear by the deliverable. 😉 The next two days…
Rabbit Ears, Spinny Knobs and a Good Thumpin’.
Posted the day before New Year’s Eve, 2019 Hi all! Thank you for granting me the respite few days to celebrate the Christmas season! It was a wonderful few days and mom was well, all things considered, too. 🙂 She had good days and less good days. She is quite happy, but her speech as…
What…Me Stop???
Posted 12-23-19 I hope you all had a great weekend as we dig deeply into the Advent/Christmas/Hanukkah seasons. 🙂 I had a wonderful weekend capped off by a beautiful and worshipful church service, then a super Christmas party at my in-laws yesterday. I truly love this time of year!! Sunday the Springfield News Leader published…
A Thing or Two or Three We Can Learn About Dementia from AT&T
Posted 12-20-19 I just a quick thought or two or three about our topic as I gather my goods up and head to a funeral of a wonderful damsel-in-distress-no-more mother of a good friend/colleague. As I was driving and praying (with my eyes open, thank you very much) on the way to work today, an…
My Regifted Advice
Posted 12-19-19 I admit it. I am a regifter. Some Christmas seasons I am a serial regifter. So far….so far… I haven’t been busted or hurt anyone’s feelings. I walk a thin and precarious line, I know… I was thinking about regifting as I drove in today and thought this might be a nice time…
Ten Things You Can Learn About Dementia By Swimming Under the Ice
Posted 12-13-19 I hope and trust that you all survived the ravages of the full moon yesterday! 🙂 It was another super busy day in my little world, with projects up to my armpits and my expectations up to my nose, but it was nice nevertheless. Mom had a good day, as is the new,…
Eternal Optimism
Posted 12-12-19 Happy Thursday, all! Christmas and the rest of the holiday seasons are upon us neck deep now…and I am lovin’ every second of it!! I wish I wasn’t so busy so I could truly exhale and soak it in, but that will have to wait a couple more weeks. My only thought on…
10 Things Even a Non-Musical Person Can Learn from a Symphony About Dementia
Posted 12-9-19 I hope and pray that you had a nice weekend! 🙂 Mine was especially good and festive in getting in the Christmas spirit. I got to see my daughter who lives across the state (always a blessing) and I got to attend not one but two symphony concerts! That is the perfect storm…
Showering Love on the Suffering
Posted 12-6-19 Update: Mom had another good day yesterday! Very thankful for another great day. There is a measure of these good days that, in my non-medical opinion, can be partially attributed to her perfect routine since moving to the general population at her nursing home. (My stepdad coming 3x a day for 14 months…