Old Friends & Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop 54

Old Friends This weekend celebrated 30 YEARS since I graduated high school. Gulp! That’s many, many moons! Because our sweet girls’ dean, who came our senior year, is retiring this year, they had a little get-together to honor her years of service. Other than that, I am sure I would not have attended. But Dean…

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Standing in the Gap & Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop 52

Standing in the Gap   This week our two younger boys and I have participated in a mission trip to one of our youth camps. We’ve been very busy, painting, peeling, building, and tearing down. Hiking, kayaking, eating, singing and hanging out.  We met new friends, and even reacquainted with a dear old one from…

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Goodbyes are Hard. Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop 46

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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