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New Blood Tests to Detect Alzheimer’s Disease?
With today’s rapidly advancing technology, and the amount of medical research being conducted, new information is always showing up in the headlines. I came across this article the other day that piqued my interest. I won’t go into it, but rather simply share it with you. One last thing. This information is presented by an…
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The Last Anniversary
I went to my favorite restaurant this morning for breakfast and had the privilege of sitting across from an older couple who were celebrating the forty-fifth anniversary of his marriage proposal to her. From the moment they sat down I could tell there was something different about their relationship. She spoke to him gently, almost…
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Thoughts About Grief and Dying
When I wrote Pieces in Time I was faced with several questions about death, dying, loss, and grief. While these words were familiar, and their meanings almost obvious, I nevertheless found myself asking if there was more to their meanings than the way they were traditionally interpreted. To most people death simply means the end…
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A Different Kind of Grief
My maternal grandmother and I were close. When I was born she opened an in-home daycare so she could afford to stay home and care for me while my mother went back to work. One could say I was raised by my grandmother as much, if not more, than I was raised by my parents.…
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Caregivers: Servants of love and Grace
When I was nine-years-old my grandfather died of pneumonia after battling for several years with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. He was fifty-six. When I look back on that time of his life I remember not only my grandfather and his bewildered state of mind, but the love my grandmother gave as his caregiver. I remember…