An empty bed, an empty chair, and an empty place in our hearts. ❤️
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Goodbyes are Hard. Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop
Goodbye, Dad. For anyone who’s followed my blog for the last year or so, you have seen our journey and struggle as Dad progressed with Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia. It’s been so hard to watch him suffer, lose weight, become confused, and just turn into the shell of the wonderful man that he was….
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Tips and Tools for Lewy Body Dementia, Part Four: Tools to Preserve and Spark Memories
Tools to preserve quality of life and to spark memories Continuing my series on Tips and Tools for Lewy Body Dementia in the later stages, we will talk today about maybe the most important and meaningful aspect. When a person is declining with any type of dementia, the familiar becomes more important than anything else….
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Tips and Tools for Lewy Body Dementia, Part Three: Eating and Drinking
People with dementia have special needs when it comes to eating, drinking, and taking medication. Continue reading to learn some simple tools that will help!
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Tips and Tools for Lewy Body Dementia, Part Two: Tools for Comfort and Safety
Part Two in the series featuring Tips and Tools for Lewy Body Dementia. This article discusses tools for safety and comfort.
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Work’s Never Done on the Homestead!
A fun poem to remind us of what’s important on the homestead
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Tips and Tools for Lewy Body Dementia, Later Stages, Part One: Equipment
Helpful equipment tools to help you care for your loved one with Lewy Body Dementia and other bed-bound loved ones in the late stages
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Not Pity, but Understanding
Just putting some thoughts into words. ✍️
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Grandpa’s Legacy of Prayer
“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
James 5:16
Homestead Chat. Hard Freeze, Solar Water Systems, and Updates
Frozen water lines, no sun, what’s an off-gridder to do?
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The Christmas We All Dreaded & Homestead Blog Hop 425
Christmas has passed–how was yours? I will admit–I was not at all I to Christmas this year. No decorations, no excitement, and up until the last week, no presents. My mind was too divided. Even my annual photo calendar tradition, or especially this project, just kept getting put off. Then I finally decided to just…
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Neckties. Thankful Habit, 5.
Continuing my thankful habit: Neckties. Today I looked over at my husband’s rack of neckties, and I had to smile. I recalled a day last week much like today. Cold, rainy, dark. We’d gone into town in search of yet another part for a project, and my husband obliged me by agreeing to stroll through…
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Thankful Some More, #4 Homestead Blog Hop 423
It’s Wednesday, and we are happy campers!
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People Who Show Up. Thankful, Day 3.
Showing up, being thankful.
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It’s All Fun and Games, until the Police Show Up. Thankful #2
Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Character development, Family, Homesteading Journey, Just for Fun, Lessons of Life
Thankful, Day 2, and what does the police have to do with that?
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