Posted 10-6-21 I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph, And I will bring them back Because I have had compassion on them; And they will be as though I had not rejected them, For I am the Lord their God and I will answer them. –Zechariah 10:6…
Tag: change
Storytime :)
Posted 7-18-19 My brain is different than many (Understatement alert!!) As you surely have noticed as you sit at the digital cornbread table, I think and express my thoughts quite often in analogies and little stories. Today is not going to be an exception to this. Story 1: I drive daily on a very busy…
New Faces are Awesome… and Challenging
Posted 7-17-19 Update: Yesterday was pretty uneventful. Mom was happy and ate well. She made a few funny wise-cracks which is always fun. They didn’t always make sense, but neither do mine. 😉 We welcomed a new resident to the Sweet 17 yesterday, a sweet lady I will call Mrs. Pearl since her real initial…
Subdued by the Sub Dude or Just Some Dude
Posted 6-25-19 (6 months until Christmas!) I have alluded to this before in previous posts, but, never to be averse to beating a dead horse, I feel like we should revisit the topic again. It seems commonplace in memory units for patients to need geriatric outpatient behavioral health hospital visits with those professionals who specialize…
Fun, Familiar Times at the City
Posted 6-17-19 Expect a lot of references to Silver Dollar City, one of my truly favorite places on Earth, in this week’s Digital Cornbread snacks. I was treated with a trip to the park Saturday and spent the day having fun while lamenting that mom couldn’t be there with us all the while. Pete and…
Changing Times
Posted 4-17-19 One of mom’s most amazing traits is her flexibility and willingness to change. Mom was a stay-at-home mom for many, many years and gradually entered the workforce later in our childhood. Later in our early adulthood, needing money but balanced with wanting to be an available mom/grandma, mom worked for temp agencies…a lot….
Wax On, Wax Off
Posted 3-1-19 Mom’s sleep patterns, compounded by anxiety and constipation, have landed her in bed for a couple days straight. Today we got her up and around for a couple hours. Her neck and back were all kerfritz from laying around so long, so Pam and I played amateur Mr. and Mrs. Miyagis and loosened…
Change
Change as Opportunity. Life’s challenges give us an opportunity to be thankful for the good times and to gaze heavenward. Mom has loved to color in textbooks and hymnals since the dementia got worse. The simple things are the best… #EndALZ In the early days in memory care and the late days at home, the primary…