Posted 4/4/24 “Find a time and place to pray. Read your Bible every day”- Found inside the cover of my Great Grandpa’s Bible I am not a 24/7 caregiver although I certainly have activities at many hours of the day, but I am overloaded. I can’t imagine in 2024 being a sandwich generation member and…
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(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 493 (1 Year, 128 days): Busy Brains
Posted 7/19/21 You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the miraculous signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.—Deuteronomy 7:19 Happy Monday to all! I am still here…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 415 (1 Year, 50 days): Growing Weary
Posted 4/30/21 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 4:30-1 Hi all! Happy Friday to each and every one of you! 🙂 I realize, from a…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 174: Levels of Oxymoronitude
Posted 9/2/20 The people who walked in darknessHave seen a great light;Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,Upon them a light has shined. –Isaiah 9:2 Oxymoron– “a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness)” –Merriam Webster Online –“itude”– a suffix I just kind of smooshed onto the previous word because I…
Just When You Thought It Was Safe…
Posted 4-30-19 The shark-infested tidewaters receded yet again and all there is now are a few quiet clownfish, a happy but shy school of neon tetras and an occasional grumpy pair of bettas bickering over who gets the last saltwater Ho-Ho at the ole memory unit. (Oh, and don’t get me on a rant about…
Mom is Brain Tired Too
Posted 4-28-19 I had a nice visit with mom yesterday, I suppose. She was asleep, face-down on the table. I stayed there for 15 minutes, talking to her as she drifted in and out of Sleepdale. She then sort of got some consciousness going and stayed at a 45 degree angle and said a few…
Brain Tired
Posted 4-27-19 I am pretty booked up today and tomorrow, but I have a busy week of posts lined up next week. I deeply admire 24/7 caregivers. I spent 8-10 hours directly hanging out with and serving mom this week and my brain is already deflated (the 65 hours at work may have contributed too)….
Ditches
Posted 3-23-19a Mom had a decent day again. She is still zonked and sitting around doing absolutely nothing for far too much time each day, but the hyperactivity and uber-anxiety seems to be a thing of the past. Piano is minimal too these days too. It is a terrible choice give-and-take situation. Tomorrow we have…