@funny.dog.tiktok2 My dog thinks he’s an actual baby ??#cutedog #fyp #funnydog #funnypets #lovedogs #puppy ? original sound – funny dog tiktok
I’ve basically lived near it for 50+ years. But in all my trips through the Qu’Appelle Valley, had never walked the Stations of the Cross at Lebret. Of course, being an atheist, I also had no desire to climb it for religious reasons. But perhaps I was inspired by the new Pope being named. Or […]
And once again, Gen X gets forgotten… 
@mikemancusi Why young people don’t care about work #work #workethic #millennial #genz ? original sound – Mike Mancusi
Dementia is obviously a horrible, terrible progressive disease as someone you love goes from very basic memory errors – forgetting names, where they parked the car, etc. – to being incapable of speech, movement, feeding themselves. As mom has progressed through these various stages, it’s been helpful to try to think of the good things […]
Pace was only a few months old when we took him to a long-term service award presentation – I think this was 35 years for my mom?
Lots can change in two short years or in twenty… I didn’t really have to change the inscription in the coffee table book of prairie photos I gave my Grandma Hammond when she moved into the Golden Prairie Nursing Home in Indian Head when my mom moved into the same facility – just had to […]
I often joke the only reason we have kids is to get them to do our chores when we’re old enough. But they’re also fun to play with…sometimes literally!
I posted this song in August 2012 after hearing it on Community Radio one morning. Who knew that twelve years later, it would be so relevant to my life with elderly parents including one with dementia… “Basket” – Dan Mangan (I don’t think I’ve ever done this before but here are the song lyrics in […]
Even with her dementia, my mom’s personality is still there – humourous, profane, caring and kind. I like nothing more than making her laugh and as much as the dementia has taken from her (and us), the disease has also made me love her more than I ever have. (Here’s her reaction to my “Robots […]
When Sasha was born, my coworkers at RPL threw a baby shower for Shea and I. I still remember a couple co-workers who both had older children – one in high school the other with two in their early 20s – giving me a line that I still think of to this day: “Little kids, […]
