Posted 11/9/20 “Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.” –John 11:9 Hi all! Another Monday in paradise, I suppose. 🙂 I hope you all had a great weekend! Mine was still spent recovering for…
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Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 239: Life is a Hike
Posted 11/6/20 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. –Hebrews 11:6 Howdy all! Back from vacation and oh the stories I can and will tell over the next few months. If you missed the…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 228: Know When to Keep Your Head Down
Posted 10/26/20 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” –1 Cor. 10:26 Nuthin’ like waking up on a Monday morning to sleet falling on your head, tired leaves falling everywhere…and lightning. No worries, it will probably be 100 degrees later this week, followed by murder hornets riding into town on an Icenado. Such…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 225:What’s Next?
Posted 10/23/20 LORD, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps. Jeremiah 10:23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 Another week complete. Day 225 (!!) of the lockout of mom’s nursing home… Again, as…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 221: Speechless
Posted 10/19/20 Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues. –Proverbs 10:19 This post you may very well get what you paid for from my free blog. 🙂 I am speechless. The nursing home, shorthanded and jarred by a COVID-19 tsunami, forgot/didn’t have anyone available for my video call with…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 218: Mom: The Unlikely Chef…an Unusual Heritage
Posted 10-16-20 “And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.” –Mark 10:16 The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land. –Psalm 10:16 (Exhale sounds) Whew…what a week! Knock out today like a boss and we enter a much needed weekend. To you 24/7/366 caregivers, I say this…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 215: Anniversary Day
Posted 10-13-20 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13 Just dropping a quick post to un-celebrate today as the 2 year anniversary of mom being delivered to the nursing home. That first several months was terribly hard for her and for us. I ask you kindly to look…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 214: Columbus Day
Posted 10-12-20 on Columbus Day I will strengthen them in the LORD and in his name they will live securely,” declares the LORD. Zechariah 10:12 Happy Columbus Day to all of you lucky enough, like me, to be off and able to read this early. Happy Indigenous People’s Day to all of my Native American…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 211: Swimming with the Sharks
Posted 10/9/20 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. –Romans 10:9 or …he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 207: Like Sands Through the Hourglass…or…Recommendation: Teepa Snow
Posted 10/5/20 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ Luke 10:5 It’s just another manic MondayI wish it was Sunday‘Cause that’s my fun dayMy “I don’t have to run” dayIt’s just another manic Monday. – Great thinkers from the group The Bangles. Hi all! Another week has started up today vertically…