One good thing about being an obsessive journal keeper since right around the time I graduated high school (and that those journals, started in WordPerfect, have now all been digitized and are completely searchable.)
So that’s how I know that the very first reference I made to my mom showing signs of dementia was in February 2018.
Like most people, I probably ignored those signs and chalked them up to “old age” or “forgetfulness” at first.
But knowing how my mom’s mom was at the end (don’t think it was ever diagnosed as dementia but clearly was) I think I knew deep down what it was when mom started getting names confused and repeating stories and just having the occasional “senior moment”.
There’s some irony that this first journal reference to her having signs of dementia was in February 2018 which is we did a family trip to the Moon Palace All-Inclusive Resort then, almost six years later to the day, we were once again Mexico and Shea and I once again arranged for mom to have a birthday surprise – her room decorated and a bottle of champagne waiting – although this time, it was a lot sadder as mom didn’t even know it was her birthday unless someone told her (but that also didn’t stop her from popping the champagne immediately – still my mom deep down!) 😉
Anyhow, I’ll have more posts about our recent Mexico trip including one I’d like to do about traveling with someone suffering from dementia as I didn’t find a lot of tips and think that some of what we learned during the week could be useful to others.
So glad the tour guide on this snorkeling tour didn’t actually need a bribe to make sure he didn’t drop our water camera when he swam underneath us to take this unique photo! 😉
In 2018, John Allen Chau attempted to make contact with the people on North Sentinel Island.
North Sentinel Island is the home of the Sentinalese, an indigenous people who have chosen voluntary isolation. They have consistently safeguarded their protected seclusion from… pic.twitter.com/lg3MZQjz2l
Had tickets to the Rivalry Series game between the Canadian and American women’s national teams on Friday night and it was a great game and an even better experience.
So the Regina game would be a pretty pivotal battle because if the Canadians could win, Game Seven on Sunday would be to decide who wins the entire series (can’t help but think of echoes of the 72 Summit Series where the Russians went up in the first few games but the Canadians battled back to win the series!)
The longest reigning champion in modern WWE history. Two dynastic wrestling families. A former wrestler who became the world’s biggest movie star (and also now sits on the WWE Board in real life.). The company being sold to the UFC’s parent company after being under McMahon family control its entire existence. The major cloud hanging over Vince McMahon that some say these moves are meant to distract from.
