Posted Mom’s Birthday 2023 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Hi all! Another month a quarter past. The year is well over half way finished and our thoughts will soon be of falling leaves, pumpkin spice,…
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Mom is Strong
Posted 8/8/22 “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” -Proverbs 31:25 (Verse speaks of wisdom…but reminds me of mom….) Monday’s are like… never mind. 🙂 Just dropping a quick post to list some of the ways my mom is strong: She has been on hospice for a…
Birthday Season
Posted 8/5/22 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. -James 1:17 Happy Friday, friends and family! Welcome, too, to Birthday Season at the Applegate House and extended family. For some reason we have an…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 511 (1 Year, 146 days): Happy Birthdays Aplenty
Posted 8/6/21 Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. Proverbs 8:6 Happy Weekend-ish to all! I wish I had more time today, but this is one of my kiddoes’ birthdays and I have revelry to attend to. 🙂 Mom’s birthday is this weekend, my step-dad’s…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 119: Me and OJ…OR…If the Glove Fits…
Posted 7/9/20, on my and OJ Simpson’s Birthday “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.” –Deuteronomy 7:9 “Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure—you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.”…
How to Visit your Own Sweet 17 Loved Ones
Posted 8-9-19 Yesterday’s mini birthday party for mom was nice. We all gathered around and sang Happy Birthday to her (with her joining in) over a cupcake, likely the highlight of the time for mom. Our big bash is Saturday where over 20 will be there including friends and family. We will all be wearing…
Just Believe
Posted 8-8-19 on the occasion of Mom’s 75th Birthday Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus’s Daughter (Mark 5:21-43) 21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing…
A Birthday to Remember
Posted late 2/18/19 We had the seniormost Sweet 17 princess celebrate her 102nd birthday this week. My kids are bewildered when I tell them of a world with no internet… Ms. E lived in the late 1910s. Lots of things weren’t around then. Her grandparents may have fought in the Civil War…Wowza. Mom had a…