My morning routine starts with cortisol filled moments that spring me out of bed. Thanks to our elderly cat, Dessy. She has dementia and is up at 2:28 am. Her routine is initiated by one of our cats making cat puking noises. Followed by her paw nudge (hopefully it's clean) on my shoulder indicating it… Continue reading Springing Into Spring and Other Noteworthy Things
Tag: Dementia
How My Mom’s Journey With Dementia Helped Me Help My Dad With His Journey With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Every February, I get a bug to do good things for the heart and brain. If you've been following me for a long time, you know that my mom died of complications from Diabetes and Vascular Dementia in 2012. Here's the two of us a few years before her diagnosis. Little did I know at… Continue reading How My Mom’s Journey With Dementia Helped Me Help My Dad With His Journey With Mild Cognitive Impairment
A reflective pause to my blog project
All the projects on my desk this past Monday were off to their normal rat race pace. I love a challenge, most days, that is. I attacked the papers, scrambling so all disappeared. By waving my hand across the desk, a dot or two here of extra devotion to keeping my mind from racing on… Continue reading A reflective pause to my blog project
WHO tells us how to reduce dementia? SAD, USDA, DASH, MIND or Atkins.
In the mail this week, I enlightened myself by reading junk mail yet again - about a healthy lifestyle. Being February, it's a heart-health month. Hello mailers from The American Heart Association (AHA) and the Alzheimer's Disease Research - their Winter 2020 Research REVIEW newsletter intrigued me. WHO knows best about what is a healthy… Continue reading WHO tells us how to reduce dementia? SAD, USDA, DASH, MIND or Atkins.
Bunnies know greener grass eating is better
Another successful week packed with new memories and some unpacked old memories too. All of them written on my heart's new chapter in life now that brain-fog doesn't get me on a daily basis. For 7 years I cared for my mom who had dementia. But you know what, I don't have to remind you… Continue reading Bunnies know greener grass eating is better
Forever in love with the memory of my mom and daisies
I'll be forever in love with daisies. They are such a happy flower. On our wedding anniversary in 2007, (12 years ago - wow, that's a long time ago), my mother had purchased a bouquet of daisies. They were in a yellow cup with a smile on it. She was so tickled to give me… Continue reading Forever in love with the memory of my mom and daisies