Posted 6/23/21 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 (I know, it is 6/23/21 and not 23/6/21, but this verse was too good) Howdy all! 🙂 Thank you for coming to the Digital Cornbread table. If you are a long-timer,…
Tag: Sweet 17
A Sea of Red at Christmas
Posted 12-18-19 Red is my favorite color. I love the St. Louis Cardinals. I love cardinals on the hedge next to my kitchen window. I “loved” the Little Red Head Girl” on Peanuts (as did Charlie Brown) as my second crush (after Darla on The Little Rascals) when I was a grade school chap. I…
Stuck
Posted 10-4-19 Stuck They are damsels in distress Wandering all day and all night Life’s in limbo, in constant duress. Such is the life of the Sweet 17, Not here, not gone, but stuck somewhere in between. It wasn’t always this way, In years gone by, things were all right Families, grand kids, bedrock… no…
Mom Loves Ugly Ducklings (Thankfully)
Posted 9-19-19 Hans Christian Andersen’s story of The Ugly Duckling is one we can all relate to a little. If you are unfamiliar with the real version of this story, due to its age or lack of political correctness, is the story of a little “duckling” who was teased relentlessly by his siblings for being…
In a Nutshell
Posted 9-18-19 What a week! Prepping for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, a crazy work schedule, honey-dos, training with a new, good friend to begin our own Alzheimer’s support group…and much more. Sigh. 😉 Today will be a bit of a rerun if you follow me in Facebook, but it is a good kind of…
New Faces are Awesome… and Challenging
Posted 7-17-19 Update: Yesterday was pretty uneventful. Mom was happy and ate well. She made a few funny wise-cracks which is always fun. They didn’t always make sense, but neither do mine. 😉 We welcomed a new resident to the Sweet 17 yesterday, a sweet lady I will call Mrs. Pearl since her real initial…
Five Alarm Coffee
Posted 6-24-19 The weekend went well in all things mom & most the Sweet 17. Just a quick observation about Mom today as we collectively chisel the sleepy out of our eyes: Some of these ladies sleep well and some pace and wander are daydream and don’t sleep until daylight starts (Sundowners). They, like most…
Sweet 17 Spotlight: Mrs. PB-J
(And a note about the vaccine) Posted 6+13=19 The Sweet 17 are such a memorable band of sisters, all with their unique blend of marvelous beauty and disease-caused imperfection. Mrs. PB-J is no exception to this story. Mrs. PB-J is a farm girl from Nowhere, Oklahoma. She laughs a lot and dishes out the teasing…
A Box-in-One
Posted 6-10-19 A day after seeing my St. Louis Cardinals get SWEPT by the CUBS (#@!&^%) and fall below .500 (this means they have now lost more than they have won) and seeing the St. Louis Blues, attempting to finally win the treasured Stanley Cup in hockey and being the only modern team NOT to…
The Pompousless Circumstances Surrounding Mom & the Sweet 17
Posted Graduation Day, 5-19-19 This weekend marks(ed) graduation weekend for hundreds of thousands of high school and college students throughout this great land. Long speeches and visions of wild success and grandeur (or perhaps freedom) streamed like Netflix reruns throughout football fields and gyms everywhere. One thing is also for certain: The familiar-to-Americans-part of “Pomp…