Posted 8/18/21 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. –Romans 8:18 Is there a truly such a thing as taking the “long way home”? I am not exclusively asking this through a philosophical, an ontological, or a geographical filter, but these disciplines may…
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(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 490 (1 Year, 125 days): Tliug Isn’t a Klingon Swear Word
Posted after vacation on 7/16/21 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in. Genesis 7:16 Just flew back to my desk and boy are my arms tired! OK…I drove, but that seems like the standard dad joke fitting for the first day back…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 292: The Unexpected Guilt of Good News
Posted 12/28/20 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe… Proverbs 12:28 (Note: when studying the Bible, if a sentence starts with “Therefore”, it is very importance to see what it is “there for”. Context, context, context… Hi all! Happy…
But…Mom
Posted 1-21-20 Just a quick piece for your consideration this fine Tuesday. (Note: I am buying up to my gills today and tomorrow, so expect less than my normal C- game here…) Last week in Las Vegas, the guilt goblin reared its ugly head again several times. That week was the longest I had been…
Cut Yourself Some S.L.A.C.K.
Posted 11-7-19 I had a great visit with mom yesterday. She was in good spirits and was even a bit more verbal than normal. We visited a while, watched some Andy Griffith, laughed some, then I had to go. She squeezed my hand and tried to get me to stay a little harder than normal….
Throwback Thursday at the Table
Posted 8-29-19 I am citing for your consideration a couple rerun posts as a reminder from whence we have come. I am sick today (respiratory). I am surprised it took me a few hundred visits to the nursing home before I finally caught some plague from that place…but it is here. Here are a few…
Guilt
Guilt is to danger, what fire is to gunpowder; a man need not fear to walk among many barrels of powder, if he have no fire about him. -John Flavel Alzheimer’s disease is savagely clever enemy to those it inflicts. It symptoms “start” innocently enough as a forgotten phone number or missed appointment. Then it…
Guilt in Caregiving
11/24.18 I have never been a 24/7 caregiver for mom since her Alzheimer’s arrived, yet I can, at least a little, recognize those in the trenches as kindred spirits. As many (greatly appreciated) kind words as I get for chronicling my visits with mom and the Sweet 17, those who deserve accolades infinitely more than…