Posted 7/23/21 “Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.” –Luke 7:23 Quite a week indeed. Lots of folks with the virus and/or other ailments in our area and mom has had several…perhaps many seizures in the last week. It has been taxing on her and, truth told, on us as well….
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Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 471 (1 Year, 106 days): Well-Trained (Poem)
Posted 6/25/21 (aka 6 Months Until Christmas!!! Breaking out the Michael Buble/Kelly Clarkson Music ASAP….) The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; Numbers 6: 24 – 25 Wow…another week in the can. 🙂 This is week #2607 for me in what is a…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 411 (1 Year, 46 days): (Poem) “Proud”
Posted 4/26/21 Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Proverbs 4:26 Just a little poem on the good side of pride. Pride is like faith…the object, and the heart is what matters… Pride When God calls His children and says to them with much joy, “Well done, good and…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 387 (1 Year, 22 days): (Poem) She Sees Right Through Me
Posted 4/2/21 They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. –Acts 4:2 Happy Good Friday to everyone! 🙂 Hopefully this isn’t disturbing in an undue fashion, but I too teach people that Jesus was resurrected from the dead…and we celebrate that wondrous event this…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 341: (Poem) “Tech on Trial”- A Frustrated Techie’s Anti-Tech Rant
Posted 2/15/21 “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky. Phil. 2:14-15 Tech On Trial We are only given so much time The older I get, the easier this truth is…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 251: Alone
Posted 11/18/20 Alone……………… Watching and waiting, she’s there, and yet not. Alone at the window. Who would have thought? Over seven decades of friends, family, more. Who could have imagined what was in store? A brave fly in dementia’s web now caught. Watching and waiting, she’s there, and yet not. Alone now by her phone….
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 204: Poem: A Life of Goodbyes
Posted 10/2/20 “But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.” –John 10:2 It has been a challenging week, as they all are these days. Today I just want to provide you with a melancholy little poem that expresses my current mood regarding my mom, a life of regrets, and the…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 31: A Nonsensical, NonSuessical, Seuss-ish-style Poem about Mom, an Actual, Real-Life Word Wizard
Posted 4/13/20 Posted 4-13-20 “How Muchs Wower. Farmily By. How much, Warmbe Warmann Went 8…3 I,? Signed, Steve & Brenda, We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. What does that even say??? Asked Paisley Asked Wilder Asked Sawyer (the Great Grandkids) One family holiday, pine-scented day. ……. Oh, about a secret you just asked, We’ve…
Hi! (Coooo) in 5 Stages
Posted 2-21-20 This cannot be real. She is only sixty-five Far too young for this! (Denial, 10 years ago) Like a road flare glows. (Hashtag) End A+L+Z begs Something! Anything!! (Anger) How about this, Lord? Give me dementia, not her? Not Your will, but mine? (Bargaining, poorly) The Brain Bandit Comes. What once was is…
Innocence, in a Sense
Posted 12-5-19 Have you ever thought of the broken Alzheimer’s mind as a return to innocence? Like a removal from the cares of this world to a land where joy abounds and your needs should be met and your stress much simpler. I know many do. I am also quite confident, though, that some are…