Dementia

Dementia

Dementia is an irreversible and progressive intellectual disability affecting key functions of daily life and caused by a groups of disease processes… Alzheimer’s disease accounts for two -thirds of cases, and is the best known. (Rosemary Hurtley, Insight...
In His Image

In His Image

My beloved Soo Inn and I are standing at the threshold of the third third of our lives (as Walter C. Wright puts it). It’s a sobering time. There are more years to look back on than there are to look ahead to this side of eternity. Being part of the sandwich...
Errors of Commission and Omission

Errors of Commission and Omission

It must be me. I’m like a trip wire, drawn taut between two trees: ageism on the one side and super-spirituality on the other. Barely noticeable until someone trips over me and triggers off deadly barbs. I’m particularly sensitive right now to the needs of...
Going Back in Time

Going Back in Time

I’m goin’ back in time And it’s a sweet dream It was a quiet night And I would be all right If I could go on sleepin’ (“Best of My Love,” Eagles, 1974) Last week Bernice gave me an early birthday treat. She got us tickets to the Eagles concert held in the Indoor...
How Many More Christmases?

How Many More Christmases?

Earlier this week I had lunch with a dear friend, one of the bravest ladies I know. A breast cancer survivor, she discovered last year that the cancer had snuck up on her again. I’m sure she had her share of long and hard discussions with her Maker following that...