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Have I Missed Christmas?

December 18, 2021 faces2faces 3d Comments

Have I missed Christmas With twinkly lights and starry nights?   Have I missed Christmas With choirs singing and bells…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's Filed under: Caregiver, Christmas, Christmas gifts, elderly, stress

How to Have Guaranteed Joy this Christmas

December 13, 2021 faces2faces 4d Comments

Within a 12-day period, my Mother fell and broke four ribs, hallucinated from strong pain killers, was taken to the…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Caregiver, Christmas, death, joy, mourn, Word of God

The Hardest Part of Caregiving

December 10, 2021 faces2faces 3d Comments

I am not a computer. I am human.   I don’t have hardware or software. I have a heart and…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Caregiver Filed under: death, family, God, grieve, mourn

Missing the ‘Merry’ in your Christmas?

November 30, 2021 faces2faces 4d Comments

And just like that, the holidays are upon us! Calendars are quickly filling up with Christmas plays, tree trimmings, cookie…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's Filed under: Caregiver, Christmas, grief, holidays, loss, Proverbs, Solomon, Thanksgiving

The Oath

November 11, 2021 faces2faces 1 Comment

In 1960, a 21-year-old country boy from Tennessee joined the Air Force to see the world. It would be five…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's Filed under: Air Force, Caregiver, honor, US military, Veteran's Day

Chop On!

November 3, 2021 faces2faces 1 Comment

I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t bring myself to watch the Braves in the World Series. I’m a fan.…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Caregiver Filed under: Atlanta Braves, nursing home, World Series

The Doc Dilemma

October 27, 2021 faces2faces 1 Comment

It started with a fingernail. Such a small part of the human body, but since caregivers routinely check over their…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's Filed under: Medicare, nursing home

The Gold in the Dust Storm

October 8, 2021 faces2faces 1 Comment

It isn’t their fault.   When a person develops Alzheimer’s, the first part of their brain affected is the hippocampus,…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Caregiver Filed under: gold dust, memories, short term memory

The Godsend You Didn’t Know Existed

October 1, 2021 faces2faces 3d Comments

Whenever someone mentioned the word ‘hospice’, I could feel a wall immediately go up inside me. As if I could…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's Filed under: Caregiver, chaplain, hospice, social worker

The Invitation

September 24, 2021 faces2faces 2d Comments

She was such a tiny thing. A pint-sized combustible ball of energy with a personality so vibrant, it splattered all…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's Filed under: Caregiver, Dementia, Jesus, meltdown

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