Posted 12-4-19 Have you ever wondered what causes something to go from a passing thought or situation to a memory…a long-term one? I have too. Lots of people and several movies have tried to think it through as best can be done. One of my very favorite movies, from my favorite movie maker (Pixar) is…
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Happy Giving Tuesday!
Posted 12-3-19 Update: Mom was super sweet yesterday in my visit. She has so much to (try to) say and that it is heartbreaking. Some days I feel like she is frustrated in communicating and other days she just rolls with it. Praying for her peace and comfort and that her anxiety level stays low….
10 Things You Can Learn About Dementia from the Dashboard of Tempo One
Posted 12-2-19 Howdy all! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and that you had some time to rest and reflect on the multitude of God’s blessings about which we can all be thankful. I was super busy all weekend long, as is the norm for my life, driving here and there and everywhere…
10 Things We Can Learn About Dementia from Decorating (Early)
Posted 11-18-19 Tis that season again at the Applegate house. We had many a great Christmas season as a family living through the 1970’s and 80’s. My son, a HS senior, is the biggest Christmas evangelist at the house although we all love everything about the holiday. Our decorating kickoff yesterday got me thinking of…
I Love the Rainy Night
Posted exactly 2 months before Christmas on 10-25-19 Fall has fallen…uhhh…fell…uhh..fellen/felon in the Ozarks. (Sorry…we all have those grammar areas that give us pause. I am capable of doing moderately technically sound writing despite the style I employ here.) The last two days we have enjoyed cool, rainy weather. This is my kind of rainy…
How Much Does She Really Know, Anyway?
Posted 10-24-19 One of the biggest challenges/obstacles to keeping a stream of visitors to a nursing home, or a caregiver’s home for that matter, is the rationale “How much does he/she really know, anyway?”. Is it pointless to visit someone who doesn’t know your name? Why subject yourself to that? I have some comments in…
From All Alarms
Posted 10-21-19 Leaning on the Everlasting ArmsWhat a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms! Leaning, leaning,Safe and secure from all alarms; Leaning, leaning, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms!O how bright the…
The Streak
Posted 10-15-19 On May 30, 1982, Cal Ripken Jr. took the field for the Baltimore Orioles and played every single game until September 19, 1998. In doing so, he broke a record most figured was unbreakable: Lou Gehrig’s streak 2,130 games from June 1, 1925 to April 30, 1939. The then third place streak record…
It’s My Tohweenn!
Posted 10-11-19 As we start year 2 of mom living in the nursing home, I feel kind of introspective. We live in such an amazing time these days in terms of being able to record our lives for our posterity. While this can be a curse, it can also be a tremendous blessing. Below is…
10 Highly-Valued Word Pictures from This Year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Posted 9-25-19 (a.k.a. 3 months until Christmas) Is a picture worth a thousand words? Ten Thousand? More? I think so too. A picture might be the difference in a criminal being prosecuted or a husband losing an alimony case. Pictures prove (or disprove) the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, whether the president uses a…