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The Angel and the Pedicure

June 19, 2018 faces2faces Leave a comment

It was a warm December day when I took my Father to have a pedicure at our local nail salon.…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Life, Stories Filed under: aging parents, angel, burdens, Caregiver, Christianity, Faith, family, God, Mary Poppins, Nanny McPhee, pedicure, prayer

The One Thing You’re Probably Not Getting

May 8, 2018 faces2faces Leave a comment

A person can live most of their life without ever truly knowing how to rest. We use the terms “rest”…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Life, Stories Filed under: aging parents, Caregiver, Dementia, God, refresh, rest, sleep, soul

Love Wins Every Time

April 10, 2018 faces2faces Leave a comment

I had a house once – a 2-bedroom bungalow nestled just outside uptown Charlotte with towering trees in a quiet…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Life, Stories Filed under: aging parents, Caregiver, Faith, family, home, love, sacrifice

Coming Full Circle

March 27, 2018 faces2faces Leave a comment

There is always something powerful about your own words. When you tell a story, you aren’t just filling up the…

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Posted in: Faith, Life, Stories Filed under: aging parents, children, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Easter, God, Jesus, relationship, salvation

Laughing to the Point of Tears

March 20, 2018 faces2faces 7d Comments

Stubbornness runs so deep in the roots of my family tree that only a divine crowbar could remove it. It…

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Posted in: Life, Stories Filed under: aging parents, Caregiver, Faith, family, God, humility, laugh, laughter, stubborn

The Christmas Tree Puzzle

November 28, 2017 faces2faces 3d Comments

It’s that time of year again. Time for celebrating the birth of Jesus and giving gifts to those we love…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Faith, Life, Stories Filed under: Christian, Christmas decorations, Christmas tree, family, God, home, puzzles

Making Memories Last Longer

November 7, 2017 faces2faces 3d Comments

Everyone has a story to tell, something amazing that happened in their lives that they’ll never forget. They caught the…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Life, Stories Filed under: 604th Communications Squadron, Air Force, Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Cold War, Communism, East Berlin, forget, history, Iron Curtain, Ramstein AFB

What Lies Beneath

October 10, 2017 faces2faces Leave a comment

Every now and then, my Dad will say something out of the blue that sounds like the Dad I’ve always…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Life, Stories Filed under: aging parents, Caregiving, Dementia, loss, Matryoshka dolls, why questions

If I Told You a Story…

October 3, 2017 faces2faces 3d Comments

If I were to tell you a story about a good guy diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, chances are, you probably wouldn’t…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Life, Stories Filed under: cure, disease, Hope, intrinsic value

The Good Stuff

September 12, 2017 faces2faces Leave a comment

Sometimes I feel as if my life is being played out on a game of Candyland. I look at all…

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Posted in: Alzheimer's, Life, Stories Filed under: candyland, sweet stuff

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