Trying to remember. One of the symptoms of living with dementia. Daily visits with my own Mother has become a journey of remembering and prayer. Together we read the scriptures and ask God to help us remember. “But I will remember the Lord’s deeds; yes, I will remember your wondrous acts from times long past.”…
Category: Family
How to control your ‘live and let live’
The slogan “Live And Let Live” brought on a simple story about my own control issues. It’s easy to say that we let go and not try to control others with unsolicited words of advice. But it’s another thing to practice it. This story is just a reminder of how my life is changing. Since…
Warning: Take A Different Route
Since Christmas is over and all the decorations, gifts, songs, festivities are only a memory, we can get back to our schedule. It’s almost that we have to take our life back. Personally, I have been in self-imposed confinement for the last two weeks. I spent the Christmas week with the immediate family indoors as…
Do you want to know your last day on earth? My Dad’s unusual Thursday
A Time for Everything There is a time for everything: time for birth and time for death. So often we think we will have time to get our affairs in order when the time comes to leave this earth. My dad had never indicated how he would like his funeral conducted or what kind of…
What if things happened differently?
What if things happened differently? What if the driver had not been there? What if the girls looked to both sides before stepping onto the street? What if the girl had ran faster? What if someone else walked the children home? What if there was a crossing guard? What if the school crossing had lights?…
