Posted 8/7/20 “When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” –John 8:7 Happy Friday to all and to all a good weekend! 🙂 Woot. I hope to see mom this weekend for her…
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8 MORE Things You Can Learn About Dementia from Fishing
Posted 9-16-19 I hope you all had a great weekend! I had several events of note, at least to me. We had our 61st Annual Applegate Family Reunion, always a good time of fun, food and fellowship. Later Saturday I went fishing again to clear my mind a little. Some use prayer (very wise), others…
Mephistopheles is Not Your Name
Posted 7-19-19 Oh the joys of nature! I love a pretty sunset, the sound of a Hoot Owl or a smell of freshly-cut grass like the next guy, but sometimes nature is downright inconvenient! Today is a good example. I have to work from home today because the rental of which we call our humble…
D-Day: Never Forget It
Posted June 6th On June 6th, 1944 Allied troops launched the biggest amphibious (land, air, sea) invasion in the world’s history when they sent over 160,000 brave soldiers onto the beach at Normandy, France to fight back the Nazis. (Note: the town of Springfield, Missouri, in which I work, had just over 160,000 residents at…
The Joplin Tornado and the Ever-Spinning Alzheimer’s Mind
Posted on the 8 year anniversary of the Joplin Tornado May 22nd, 2011 seems like an eternity ago, even in my world in which time lurches forward quite quickly sometimes. It was a Sunday. I remember getting out of evening church and seeing ominous storms bearing down on our little town, a town that knows…
The Five Love Languages with Dementia in Mind
Posted 5-21-19 If you are one of the people 12 people in America that have NOT read Gary Chapman’s 1995 book (or subsequent variations) “The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate”, this piece may make a little less sense than it normally makes…and that says something. Allow me, as a…