Sunday mornings mean it is time to get ready for church. Mrs. Anna lives with advanced Alzheimer’s type dementia, and she loves people, singing, and the Lord. C...
She was signing herself in for a chiropractor's visit, and Sissy and I were with her. We all three see Dr. Benjamin at eight in the morning every Tuesday and Th...
Life has been challenging since January 13.
I have learned a great deal since that time. Who would have guessed a flooded kitchen would make me a better care...
I was in the kitchen preparing a hot drink for Momma. She had just entered the shower and was comfortably seated preparing to have her morning shower. As I was ...
It looks like a pile of wadded painter's tape to the average person. To me it looks like a completed project. Painters tape is removed once the work is finished...
Momma’s socks will not stay up. She tugs and pulls and spurts out a few less than socially acceptable words about the socks. Thankfully, this is a problem easil...
She remembers less and less everyday. She still smiles. She is still active in her assisted living. She still recognizes her family. But she is forgetting thing...
Life has been stressful these last ten days. My kitchen flooded. That started a series of events that I am still in the middle of resolving, but the stress has ...
I am hoping the title of this blog captured your attention. What could it possibly mean? I am excited to share the story.
My company offers Hospice Music for t...
Two of the main goals for my ministry is to bring Creative Music Experiences to people with cognitive issues AND to make them laugh. If we can sing and laugh al...
Momma has mid-stage Alzheimer’s and that makes my heart hurt. My pain comes more frequently than this time last year, and it is certainly more frequent than fiv...
He is one of my favorite people because he is so very kind to my mother who has mid-stage Alzheimer’s. He reminds her when it is time to have lunch and dinner. ...
