A Caregivers Prayer Beautiful, simple, inspiring. I don't normally like scripted prayers because I believe that you pray to God from your heart. I am sharing this prayer below not necessarily for you to use to pray but because it gives some great insight into what being a good caregiver is like. I'm going to… Continue reading 02.01.18 Dora and the Explorers – STILAD – Caregivers Prayer
Category: 2018
01.31.18 Happy Retirement Donna Methvien
Roy and I both worked for Donna Methvien at Southeastern Louisiana University's Computing department. She is retiring after 36 years of dedicated and loyal service to Southeastern Louisiana University. She graduated from Southeastern and within that same year started working there! I'm so happy I got to spend ten of those years working with her… Continue reading 01.31.18 Happy Retirement Donna Methvien
02.02.18 Treasured Photos – Trinity Family Picnic and Softball starring Madisyn, Cat, Jeri, Philip, Noel, Sean, Caroline, Chip, Byron B., Byron’s girls and more
In May of 2012 we had our Annual Family Picnic at Trinity. The picnic included a softball game with our young children and some of our young adults. It was so much fun even for the spectators. Our granddaughter Madisyn is in most of these photos but they also show lots of Trinity's finest softball players… Continue reading 02.02.18 Treasured Photos – Trinity Family Picnic and Softball starring Madisyn, Cat, Jeri, Philip, Noel, Sean, Caroline, Chip, Byron B., Byron’s girls and more
01.29.18 Treasured Photos – Trinity Softball Women, Men and Youth Teams 2002
Earlier this century Trinity Baptist Church had an amazing Softball program. These are the three Trinity teams that represented our church at one time. Jessica Forrest Gay Sterken Julie Dufreche Jaala McGhee Ashley Brumfield Megan Landry Kim Reitz Sonya Traylor Stephanie Smith Shannon Tribble Gina Jory Lindsey Nyeki Leanna Traylor Deanna Traylor Jennifer Vicknair Kristi… Continue reading 01.29.18 Treasured Photos – Trinity Softball Women, Men and Youth Teams 2002
01.26.18 Dora and the Explorers – STILAD – Learning about their youth and Knowing their Passions to help them cope – originally published 12.26.14
Friday, January 26, 2018 - I know I say about a lot of these dementia blog posts that they are important. These two projects covered below are something I'm working on while I still can, so they are very important to me right now. More important than these two are my Living Will, Power of… Continue reading 01.26.18 Dora and the Explorers – STILAD – Learning about their youth and Knowing their Passions to help them cope – originally published 12.26.14
01.23.18 Dora and the Explorers – Wacky Wonderful Tuesday
https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeedAnimals/videos/1821372514551402/ BEAUTIFUL PLACES AROUND GOD'S AMAZING WORLD IN LOUISIANA West Bay Plaquemines Parish Tchefuncte River Lighthouse in Madisonville Tchefuncte River Lighthouse in Madisonville Salt Bayou in SlidellNew Orleans https://www.facebook.com/goldenfriendship/videos/409057356194574/ Roy and I love to sing along with songs while we are driving. Rarely do we know the exact words and most of the… Continue reading 01.23.18 Dora and the Explorers – Wacky Wonderful Tuesday
01.22.18 Dora and the Explorers – STILAD – How I Stopped My Mother (who has Dementia) from being Mean to me, by Bob DeMarco
Monday, January 22, 2018 - When caring for someone with dementia it is important to get into their crazy little world. Living in your normal world while they've gone over to a wild and wooly world doesn't help either of you. Caregivers have to see things from a different angle than with most patients. When… Continue reading 01.22.18 Dora and the Explorers – STILAD – How I Stopped My Mother (who has Dementia) from being Mean to me, by Bob DeMarco
01.19.18 Treasured old photos – Julie, September, Rev. Randels, Bro. Randy
Friday, January 19, 2018 - When Roy and I decided to live in our motor home full time we knew we couldn't keep all the photos and photo albums we had accumulated over 40 years. We scanned and saved hundreds of digital photos. Chip and his brother have most of the actual photos we had.… Continue reading 01.19.18 Treasured old photos – Julie, September, Rev. Randels, Bro. Randy
01.18.18 Here we go again. Snow, snow, snow in the Deep South!
Thursday, January 18, 2018 - https://www.facebook.com/TheHoldernessfamily/videos/2028309507408316/ Louisiana may have snow once a decade, maybe. And usually it's just a few snow flakes where nothing sticks and it stops quickly. We've had two real snow falls in the last few weeks. The first snowfall we had between 4 to 6 inches of snow. The one last… Continue reading 01.18.18 Here we go again. Snow, snow, snow in the Deep South!
01.14.18 Dora and the Explorers – STILAD – Dementia End of Life and Mama’s last days from 02.17.15
Sunday, January 14, 2018 - This blog from February 2015 is fairly long. There is a 10 minutes video, an excerpt from a book "More Glimpses of Heaven: Inspiring True Stories of Hope and Peace at the End of Life's Journey" by Trudy Harris, RN (I highly recommend reading the book if the excerpt sounds… Continue reading 01.14.18 Dora and the Explorers – STILAD – Dementia End of Life and Mama’s last days from 02.17.15
- BECAUSE HE LIVES, I CAN FACE TOMORROW - 