Welcome to 2012! I hope it’s a guid’un for you and yours. Personally I’m quite pleased to see the back of 2011, as it wasn’t the best year for me or my family. So what about 2012, what am I hoping to achieve this year? I say “what am I hoping to achieve this year” [...]
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Welcome to 2012
Posted: January 1, 2012 in bible, dementia, family, friendship, Health, heart, holiday, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religion, tennisTags: Christmas, Classroom, God, hogmanay, Holidays, housework, ironing, new year, New Year Resolution, new years eve, pain, piano, Weight loss
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My Headlines 2011
Posted: December 31, 2011 in blogging, children, dementia, depression, family, friendship, Health, heart, life, love, motoring, music, pets, pray, religion, ShoppingTags: blessing, Christmas, Dementia, facebook, Mum, New Year's Day, Nursing home, Respite care, Television, Twitter, vascular dementia
So we’re just about at the end of another year. So how’s 2011 been for you? For me 2011 has been one which I probably would rather forget. So how would I sum up my year… A Rotten Start To 2011 2011 started well, as hubby and me did our usual New Year’s Day thing and [...]
How Was Your Christmas?
Posted: December 28, 2011 in Christmas, dementia, family, friendship, Health, holiday, life, love, music, pray, religionTags: celebrate, Christ, Christian, Christmas, Christmas Day, God, holiday, Jesus, michael w smith, Opinions
Now that Christmas is past and many folk are back at work, I’d like you to review your Christmas. For each of the following rate it between 0 and 5, 0 being the lowest score and 5 being the best score: How much did you enjoy Christmas Day? Did you like your Christmas presents? Did [...]
What A Week!
Posted: November 6, 2011 in dementia, family, friendship, Health, life, love, pray, religion, Shopping, TravelTags: Caregiver, carer, Dementia, family, Home care, Multi-infarct dementia, Mum, Nursing home, Parenting, respite, Respite care
Well that’s us at Sunday night again, so where has this last week gone?! This time last week, Dad wasn’t too well, and we were looking forward with trepidation and relief that come the Monday, Dad was going into a care home for a week’s respite are so Mum could get a well-earned rest. This must [...]
A Day And A Half!
Posted: October 31, 2011 in dementia, family, friendship, Health, loveTags: Aunt Mae, Dementia, family, Home care, Mum, Nursing home, Parenting, Respite care, vascular dementia
What a day! It’s been a day full of lots of different emotions. It’s been a day Mum has been looking forward to ever since she agreed that she wanted Dad to go into a care home for a week’s respite care. It’s been a day that’s been a long time coming, and one which [...]
Praying For Patience
Posted: September 6, 2011 in dementia, family, Father's Day, friendship, Health, heart, life, music, pray, prayerTags: Dementia, family, Fathers, God, home, Multi-infarct dementia, Parenting, patience, sonicflood, struggle, vascular dementia
The last couple of days I’ve spoken about patience, and the fact that we all need patience particularly during the tough times of life (see Be Patient and In Need of Patience). As many of you will know, my Dad has vascular dementia and over the last year and a half his condition has greatly [...]
Rotten Week
Posted: September 3, 2011 in dementia, family, Health, life, love, Mother's Day, music, pray, prayer, religion, workTags: care home, Christ, David Walker Gardens, Dementia, God, Health, home, Nursing home, Parenting, Respite care, support, The Three Sopranos, vascular dementia
Well I don’t know about you, but my week has been rotten! Between running around after hubby, helping Mum, having a problem person to cope with at work, not feeling to great and in a lot of pain and generally feeling alone and unwanted at times, it really hasn’t been one of my most enjoyable [...]
Hidden Pain
Posted: July 26, 2011 in cancer, dementia, family, friendship, Health, heart, life, love, music, religion, workTags: bereavement, Chris Tomlin, Clinics and Practices, Conditions and Diseases, depression, facebook, grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Health, Medical Specialties, Medicine, mental health, Muscle, pain, Pain Management, Peter W. Klein, shopping, Support Groups
Yesterday in Invisible Pain I spoke about how many people suffer silently from physical pain, every day. Today I want to consider those suffering other pain, emotional pain. How many times have you heard someone say: Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Many times I’ve been felt totally [...]
