Category: Alzheimer’s
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Is he, or is he not dying? Yes.
THIS IS REALITY I teeter back and forth about how and when to start letting go. He did not qualify for hospice after the in-home evaluation a month ago. They said he was close, but they needed to see more indicators to put him over the edge. So, he needs to get worse in order…
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What is art, anyway?
I’ve recently discovered an online teacher I really like. Tracy Weinzapfel is a crazy, creative, talented and inspirational artist. Up until now, I’ve been devoted to learning technique, accuracy, good composition and skillful use of paints. But a piece that calls itself art, should call to a viewer’s heart, right? Ooh! That rhymes 🤣. So often…
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How do I…
go on with my day as if nothing is changing and all is well? In the middle of my Bible devotional this morning I got a call back from the hospice company I reached out to for Jim. The care and comfort in the man’s voice gave me pause. Yes, it’s his job to be…
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He’s back… sort of
This is a follow up from my post “I’m watching him go away.” He’s Back… for the most part. The brain is a crazy, complex, many-faceted organ, which is why I think fewer and fewer med students are pursuing the field of neurology. It can be disheartening to put all your energy into diagnosing and…
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Living too long
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? I believe that our medical community has made it possible to live longer than God intended in many cases. But I’m grateful that today, at 66, I’m healthy and enjoying life. My husband, who is 64, has been suffering on the long…
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My Four-Day Sick-Out
This post was written somewhere at the end of summer, 2024. I never got around to sharing it, but I felt it had merit and might be relatable to some. It has been a sick week. Literally. I started feeling the tightness in my chest on Tuesday, which I ignored, thinking I had breathed in…
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What do I really want, anyway?
So. Many. Things. I have goals upon goals, but am disorganized, spontaneous and creative. The creativity part is always welcome. I paint, play piano, sing, write songs, stories and poetry, and I love crafts. But I move from one project to another in a whimsical fashion, as my mood leads me. Would I get more…
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A Tribute to a Remarkable Woman
When I think of the perfect timing of God, and the gifts He drops divinely in our laps, I think of Betty. She came into my life 28 years ago. I was pregnant with her son’s child. He and I were not married but planned to be. Until she stopped me in my tracks. “You…
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I’m watching him go away
He doesn’t know where he is. He spent three days in panic and he lashed out at me relentlessly because I keep dragging him “here, there, and everywhere.” I couldn’t escape his anger and his badgering. He was in an enraged loop and there was no reasoning with him. Finally, yesterday afternoon I told him…
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Thanksgiving 2024
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known; the wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to His name, He forgets not His own. As a worship leader in the church, I always lamented the lack of good Thanksgiving hymns and worship songs. Even the…
The Joy of Rambling 