Happy New Year! Our Plan for 2025 “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail” -Benjamin Franklin. I would call this my New Year’s Resolution for some years, but this is a more goal-oriented plan. Last year, my resolution was to take one day at a time. Ironically, my second book is called […]
Quality AND Quantity of Life “The important thing to you is not how many years in your life, but how much life in your years!” – Edward Stieglitz Simply put, it’s all about quality over quantity. We have all seen similar quotes in our lifetime. This blog will look at this time-tested adage a bit […]
Burns My Biscuits I Learn something new every day. I had not heard, “burns my biscuits” before Saturday. Tammy Jones Davis is one of the caregivers who helps me with the Cat and is also a Travel Companion when we now go on trips. I have two different ladies that are willing to do so. An […]
Forty Nine States Down, One to Go “An’t nothing to it but to do it.” Statement of the raw simplicity of a task, implying that all it takes is hard not necessarily intelligent, work and effort. – Ronnie Coleman As you might know, I am very goal oriented. I love setting goals for myself. It […]
Inspiring Approach to Alzheimer’s Care After a dementia diagnosis and heart surgery, Tony Copeland-Parker and his partner, Catherine, aka “Cat,” traveled for years worldwide to run marathons and half-marathons. Now, due to the progression of Cat’s early onset Alzheimer’s, they’ve recently settled down in an assisted living facility. Tony and his memoir, Running All Over […]
It’s About Time Idiom- It is past time when something should have happened. Cambridge Dictionary This blog post will talk about when it is time for family members to look at alternative living situations, for someone with dementia. Cat and I found our home at Brookdale Chambrel Roswell Senior Living Solutions in Roswell, Georgia. The […]
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Birthday Road Trip Things have a marvelous way of working out. Trust that.- Adel Ahmed It has been quite a while since Cat and I have gone on a 10 day, 7 leg, road trip and it felt great to get back out there. We have been doing mostly local 5 and 10K’s with the […]
If I Get Dementia “Every minute with your loved one is precious, because every minute keeps getting smaller” – Ashley Campbell Recently, I have seen something posted on social media called, If I get Dementia. It was over 10 years ago that I first noticed something was just not right with Cat and because of […]
Run At Least One Mile a Day Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life. – Jóhann Jóhannsson It all started on a nice, warm, late winter day, the 5th of March at Willis Park, in Roswell Georgia. It is the home to the renowned […]
