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Missing Our Old Country…Learning to Live in Our New One

We were sorting through Dad’s things, as we recently sold his house, and I found a tape Dad had made

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Today marks two years since Mom went home to Jesus. Ten days from now will mark eight months since Daddy

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I was skimming some other dementia blogs lately and a reader had written in saying, that though she felt guilty

Another Father’s Day is coming without my dad. My third one since he went home to Jesus. I still think

My challenges are different now then when I wrote this a few years ago. Today my challenges were talking to

Originally posted on God's Grace and Life's Challenges:
Mother’s Day stirs up so many kinds of emotions. I wrote this a few years ago.…

It’s been a week! The week I found out the carcinoid tumor I had removed has metastasized to my liver.

The streets in our neighborhood are eerily quiet tonight. They have been since around seven, when the curfew started for

I’m surprised how much joy the broken rose brought me. My husband, Jeff, had brought home a dozen pink (my

Yesterday Facebook reminded me of what I was doing this time last year… I was going into the hospital three

Since I’m no longer a caregiver, I’ve found I’ve had less to share about Alzheimer’s. I still care deeply for

My five year old granddaughter climbed up on my lap a few weeks ago and I’m still thinking about the

(Author’s note: This is not a story about Alzheimer’s. But it is a story overflowing with God’s grace…) November 29th