Hello ,When Lance A. Slatton contacted me to guest on his podcast, All Home Care Matters, I thought it would be the usual interview. What happened next was not only a partnership in the mission to provide quality information and resources for caregiv...
Hello ,We’ve all had life-changing experiences. My first, and most impactful, happened when I was too young to have memory.In 1956, I was diagnosed with spinal meningitis when I was two and a half years old. We lived in small-town Ohio where the unde...
Hello ,Can you believe it's been 8 years since Jean, Vicki, and I first teamed up to promote each other's books for an Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month campaign? What was supposed to be a one month partnership has blossomed into an incredible pl...
Hello ,As I approach summer of 2023, I feel like I’m finally peeking out of my pandemic shell. During the past 3 years, I’ve tried to remain involved with family, attend church, travel a bit, and keep up with life. Some of these things were over...
Hello ,The podcast is back! Well, it's getting back. I returned after a two-month break for caregiving and its aftermath last week with the replay of our poetry event, and this week kicks off new author interviews. When we paused the pod, I canceled...
Hello ,After twenty-five days and over 5,000 miles, our camping adventure has come full circle. We’ve returned home, and even though there were a few unexpected “bumps in the road,” I’m feeling grateful for all we were able to see and do on our journ...
Hello ,As Mother’s Day approaches we wish all our readers a happy holiday weekend.We understand that many of you may be grieving the loss of your mother, or perhaps missing the mom whom dementia is slowly stealing away. Whether you’re caring for your...
Hello ,The response to our initial invitation to a poetry reading was tremendous and better than we expected. More than 60 authors RSVP'd, and on the day of the reading more than 30 showed up to read. Thirty poets is a lot of poets! And a lot of poem...
Hello ,Thank you for your interest in and support of our virtual celebration of poetry for the dementia journey on Tuesday, April 18th in honor of National Poetry Month.I’m writing to you now because you had indicated during the planning for our even...
Hello ,—Day 15 “on the road.” We’ve left behind the hill country of Texas, experienced the grandeur (and heat) of Big Bend National Park, and explored the exquisite Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, focusing on the old adage “carpe diem” (seize the day...