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(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 530 (1 Year, 165 days): Sorry for the Fog

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 by Mark Applegate

Posted 8/25/2021…aka 4 months until Christmas! 🙂 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. –Romans 8:25\ Hi all! I am sorry for the extended break. I, unfortunately, was visited by sweet Auntie ‘Rona (19) late last week and am trying to get better. (We are super…

Birthday Eve August 7, 2025
Posted 8/7/25 Colossians 2:5 – For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. Tomorrow would have been mom’s 81st birthday. It is these little things that bring back the grief. I am going to try... […]
Top 10 Ways the “Cheers” Theme Song Echoes Dementia Care April 9, 2025
Posted 4/9/25 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. –1 Thessalonians 5:11 Some shows on TV are edifying, others not as much. I enjoy Cheers, even if it isn’t exactly like watching Veggie Tales. However, I was watching the other day and noticed just how much their soundtrack... […]
Unspun sweater: A Smidged Collection Of Dementia Haiku’s March 25, 2025
“Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!24 Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. -Job 19:23-25 (Note that Job is an extremely old book of the Bible. Poetry and poetic narratives have always... […]
What Causes Alzheimer’s Disease? March 5, 2025
Posted 3/5/25 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matt 11:28-30 I have been working... […]
Whoa, the Weather is a Roller Coaster! February 5, 2025
Posted 2/5/25 (I love the symmetry of the date…02052025) “Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.” -Jeremiah 8:7 Whoa the weather is busy these days in the... […]
This Old House: It’s the Only One We Get For Now January 14, 2025
Posted 1/14/25 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,And I wither away like grass. But You, O LORD, shall endure forever,And the remembrance of Your name to all generations. Psalm 102:11-12 Bob and Norm on David Letterman (Warning, beware of awesomeness explosion) Do you like This Old House? Do you REALLY like it like I used... […]
It’s FROSTY Outside!: Cool Winter Tips for the Dementia Caregiver January 8, 2025
Posted 1-8-25 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’ -Job 37:6 It is wintertime again friends! Here are some tips I whipped up today to help you navigate the bad weather we are facing right now. 🙂 I hope they help. But first a... […]
Understanding Names: Coolness is Overrated, Obsolete, and Lamentable January 6, 2025
Posted 1/6/25 Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. -Prov. 17:6 Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you. -Deut. 32:7 (A rare mostly non-Alzheimer’s related piece. No... […]
In Support of Support Groups December 20, 2024
Posted 12/20/24 Behold, how good and pleasant it iswhen brothers dwell in unity!It is like the precious oil on the head,running down on the beard,on the beard of Aaron,running down on the collar of his robes!It is like the dew of Hermon,which falls on the mountains of Zion!For there the Lord has commanded the blessing,life... […]
Microglia: A Reason to Be Thankful November 26, 2024
Posted Thanksgiving Week, 2024! It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” -Matt 13:32 This has been a very hard year for me and my... […]