Posted 8/17/20 “I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.” –Proverbs 8:17 Hi all! Happy Monday to each of you! I hope your weekend was as much bomb-diggity as possible! Mine was great. We prepped for the first day of college for my 2 remaining kiddos and had some…
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Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 155: Butter Have Yourself a Nice Weekend
Posted 8-14-20 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. –Romans 8:14 Hi all! I am sitting in my car waiting for 2 trainings to happen that will tie me up all day. They are great topics that I need to know more about, but they are time-consuming….
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 154: A True Catch-22
Posted 8/13/20 “Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 153: Backups
Posted 8-12-20 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”- John 8:12 Busy day at the ole ranch. Typical of Hump Day I suppose. What makes everything more challenging is backups. For one, I have a leader’s computer…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 152: Pick Me, Pick Me! –OR– Let’s Drill Down to the Root of the Problem
Posted 8/11/20 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understandingbut must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 151: Dazed and (Un)Diffused
Posted 8/10/20 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’ –Luke 8:10 Diffusion is the movement of a substance from an area of high concentration to…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 148: I Hate Politics
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…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 147: Leftovers
Posted 8/6/20 Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. –Proverbs 8:6 Today will be a short day because I need to hurry home to celebrate my son’s 18th birthday. No article today. I will make it up to you tomorrow. 🙂 Until then, here are some…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 146: Desperate Times Call For Desperate Actions
Posted 8-5-20 “Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.” –Ecclesiastes 8:5 Do desperate times call for desperate actions? We have all heard some variation of this statement, but just how much is true here? And, what can we learn here about dementia? Let’s…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 145: On the Hill
Posted 8/4/20 “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” –Psalm 8:4 Putt putt putt putt…this year keeps a puttin’ along like my 1979 Dodge Omni did for far too many miles. Every day I open the proverbial newspaper (I stopped reading the paper a long time ago…)…