It’s been just over a week I’ve been off work on annual leave, however, as usual when it’s almost time to go back to work, I wish I had another week off! I gave you some idea of what I’ve been up to during my time off in Friday’s blog post entitled Normal Service Is [...]
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And So It’s Back To Work Tomorrow
Posted: May 20, 2012 in arthritis, blogging, dementia, depression, family, friendship, Health, heart, holiday, life, love, music, religion, workTags: Annual leave, arthritis, casting crowns, employment, family, Friday, God, home, Nursing home, Parenting, Praise You In This Storm, Respite care, sunday
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Normal Service Is Resumed
Posted: May 18, 2012 in dementia, family, Food, friendship, Health, holiday, life, love, pray, prayer, religion, Rutherglen, ShoppingTags: Alzheimer's disease, Caregiver, Dementia, family, Home care, Mum, Nursing home, Parenting, patience, Respite care, vascular dementia
If you’ve been following my Tweets in the last week, you’ll be aware that I’ve been on holiday from work since Thursday of last week. The main reason I took the time off was because last Thursday my Dad, who suffers from vascular dementia was going into a local care home for a week’s respite [...]
Do I Know You?
Posted: April 25, 2012 in birthday, dementia, family, Health, life, love, prayTags: Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Society, birthday, Dementia, family, Multi-infarct dementia, Mum, suffer
One of the saddest things I ever heard was the very first time, probably just over a year ago, when my Dad asked me who I was. For those of you who’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll know that my Dad suffers from vascular dementia, and has over the space of the [...]
Easter 2002!
Posted: April 8, 2012 in Bellshill, church, dementia, depression, Easter, family, friendship, Health, heart, holiday, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religion, Rutherglen, Salvation ArmyTags: Belgium, Bellshill, Christ, Christmas, cross, Easter, God, Jesus, Salvation Army
No I haven’t got the year wrong, I meant to give this a ten-year-old title! Why? Because Easter weekend 10 years ago marked the start of a new era in my Christian journey. Easter 2002 was the first weekend that I no long attended Rutherglen Salvation Army, but Bellshill corps instead. I’d been attending evening [...]
Dementia Battle
Posted: March 24, 2012 in blogging, dementia, depression, family, friendship, Health, life, love, pray, religion, television, workTags: Caregiver, Dementia, family, help, mother, Mum, Nursing home, Parenting, Respite care, Sally Magnusson, suffer, Wednesday
In Wednesday’s paper, the Herald, there was a very poignant article by Sally Magnusson entitled Magnusson’s torment at mother’s dementia battle. It really hit home for both Mum and me, and I’m sure many other’s who have family members or friends, who are suffering from dementia. As you’ll know if you’ve been following my blog [...]
Word Association #5
Posted: February 18, 2012 in computing, dementia, family, football, Health, life, love, news, politics, SPL, sport, television, words, workTags: answers, Games, mind, puzzle, Science News, Television, Twitter, Video Games, Vodka, Word Association
I’ve done a few Word Associations with you over the last few months, so today I’m going to give you another one. So as usual I’m going to throw some words at you and I want you to note down the first word that comes into your mind when you read each word. So here goes… [...]
Part of God’s Family
Posted: February 5, 2012 in bible, dementia, family, friendship, Health, life, love, music, prayer, religionTags: Christianity, family, friend, God, Mum, Nursing home, prayer, Religion & Spirituality, Respite care, support
We all have family, some we’ve met other’s we don’t even know about. However as a follower of God, we are part of an even bigger family…God’s family! Are you part of God’s family? In my blog post yesterday Respite Prayer Request, I asked those who pray, pray for my Mum and Dad this coming [...]
It’s All About…Patience!
Posted: January 22, 2012 in blogging, dementia, family, friendship, Health, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religionTags: Conditions and Diseases, family, Garden, God, Health, home, Jesus, patience, patient, prayer, vascular dementia
Have you noticed the common theme of my blog posts this last week? They were all about patience… Patience is something some of us have and many of us strive to obtain. It’s something we all need at times, but many of us fail to use when we need it. Personally patience has always been [...]
