Posted on the 4 year anniversary of mom’s placement (October 2022) “You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away” (James 4:14) Yesterday marked 4 years my mom has been in a nursing home with mixed…
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4 Years…. and counting
Posted 10/11/22 I don’t have an update today. I just wanted to paste in my post on FB from 4 years ago yesterday: “Had a good visit with mom today as we prepare (emotionally), pack and practice how it will work to take mom to her new forever home: the Memory Unit of a local…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 239: Life is a Hike
Posted 11/6/20 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. –Hebrews 11:6 Howdy all! Back from vacation and oh the stories I can and will tell over the next few months. If you missed the…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 215: Anniversary Day
Posted 10-13-20 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13 Just dropping a quick post to un-celebrate today as the 2 year anniversary of mom being delivered to the nursing home. That first several months was terribly hard for her and for us. I ask you kindly to look…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 90: 6/10/90 and Life’s Vicissitudes
Posted on what would have been my 30 year anniversary…keep reading 😉 Hi all. I have mentioned many times how much I am amazed by numbers. Today is the quintessential proof. The New England OCD Institute has this to say about people who dig numbers perhaps just a little more than I do: “Compulsive counting…
Happy 1 Year Digital Cornbread Bloggerversary
Posted 3-6-20 Today marks the one year anniversary of the blog! 🙂 Thank you very much for coming to my little cornbread table and many, many more thanks for your fine contributions! It has been a challenging year to say the least. I have been fortunate to tell my story on TV 3 or 4…
10 Things We Can Learn About Dementia From Daylight Savings Time
Posted 11-4-19 Happy Monday, fellow digital cornbread consumers. 🙂 I had a wonderful Anniversary trip with my bride of 29 years this weekend just outside of Branson, Missouri. It was a welcome unplugging from the digital world we live in, replaced with a crackling fireplace and squirrels gathering nuts outside of our dreamy cabin. (Note:…
One Year + a Million Thanks
Posted 10-10-19 as pulled from the home page of digitalcornbread.com written in March of 2019 (is it too early to reminisce?): The Cambridge Dictionary defines a vicissitude as “changes that happen at different times during the life or development of someone or something, especially those that result in conditions being worse.” Example: Losing is going…
Day 364
Posted on Nursing Home Anniversary Eve, 10/9/19 It has been a long year for mom. She has rode the dementia roller coaster day-in and day-out for a year minus one today. Part of me feels like it has been a tremendously long year and another part of me feels like it has flown by. It…