Tag: family
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Journal Entry – Grandnephew Rylee – Grand Slam
My grandnephew Rylee not only hit his first home run this evening, but he hit a grand slam. This is a real accomplishment for an eight year old. For the past two years, I have been working with him playing baseball. He is not necessarily the easiest person to train, since he does have an…
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Pre-Mourning Mom’s Death
By reading and studying dementia, it is easy for love ones to pre-mourn a person with dementia. When I moved into mom’s house, the pre-mourning was over whelming. Her house is a shrine of her soul. Before mom built her house, she found a blue print of her house. In the front of the house,…
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Mom Turns Ninety
Today is mom’s ninth birthday. Over the years, we have spent a major amount of time together through the fun and tragic times. I feel that we all ask the same question, where has the time gone? But, we have brought bright happiness into each other hearts. I feel that I had a normal childhood…
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Children Want to be Heard
Children that are not heard as they grow up will face many difficulties in life. They are not just children that the adults do not have to listen to for a number of unexplainable reasons. Children want people of all ages to notice them, to be with them, and listen to them. If children are…
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Dementia – Living in Fear
While I was living in Iowa, I was viewing my mom’s dementia from an arm’s reach, without any details in the disease itself. People would state that the dementia people got frustrated by what they could not do anymore. As I saw the situation at the time, it was like they had lost enough gray matter to…
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Journal Entry – Caregivers
I am now in the Rhinelander area with overcast skies and, unbelievable temperatures of 45 degrees. This morning I drove out to my lots north of Rib Lake, with the ground covered with 25 percent snow. It is bleak out here. But, getting a chance to review my lots, it was stimulating for me. I have determined the…
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Journal Entry – Retired for Two Years
The sun is out today, with the temperature at 38 degrees. The snow is now melting fast. And, without the snow, the temperatures are rising without the fog. I went hiking this morning, but I am sure that the trails would be muddy now. As of today, I have been retired for two years. As a part of…
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Dementia – For a Year and Half
It has been over a year since I moved in with mom, and it has been an experience, but not all negative, Mom has made a tremendous change in her demeanor. When I got there, she was all defensive and combative, and now she is more complacent, but still stuck in her ways. As a…
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Journal Entry – Dementia – They Can Still Love
It seems like every day is a copy of the previous day: overcast, mild winds, and the temperature is 30 degrees plus or minus. Once again, thinking about dementia. Hope that this essay makes the point. Roger Dementia – They Can Still Love Although it seems like mom is in the late stages of Stage 4…
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Journal Entry
A cousin reminded me today that I have not been journaling much lately, since she enjoyed reading about my mom’s journey with dementia. That is a sad topic of discussion, since the brain continues to deteriorate as time goes on… Therefore, I will cover a little of my. mom’s dementia. The awareness of dementia is a topic…
Deflection 