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5 Powerful Songs for Your Hero this Father’s Day

I compiled a list of favorite songs about dads and grandpas, in an attempt to create the perfect playlist for your hero this Father’s Day.

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Faith Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Grief and Mental Health Motherhood and Parenting

If Your Heart Is Just A Little Broken This Mother’s Day

Is your heart a little broken this Mother’s Day? My last good visit with my mom was Mother’s Day 2013. My brother and I went to see our mother together in the nursing home. She had been living there for the last five years of her life. She was lost in the late stages of early […]

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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Faith Grief and Mental Health

The Expected Death of a Loved One Still Hurts Terribly

The expected death of a loved one still hurts terribly. My mother lived with early onset Alzheimer’s disease for over a decade. She lived in a nursing home with advanced dementia for almost five years. And she lived on hospice care for two years. I prepared for her death for years. I was relieved, of […]

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How I’m Remembering My Parents’ Imperfect Marriage Before Alzheimer’s Now

Today would’ve been my parents’ 45th wedding anniversary. It is difficult to write about my parents’ marriage before Alzheimer’s when my mother has been dead for 9 years and my father has remarried twice since then. My parents had an Aggie romance. They met at Texas A&M through a mutual friend. Their first date was […]

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5 Helpful Reminders to Revive the Weary Mom

I had two kids under the age of 5 just a few years ago, so I get it. I was a weary mom. I love my sweet, smart, and strong-willed daughters dearly. But, often, I find that although the years are short, the days are LONG, too long. I put together a list of reminders to […]