Category Archives: Lasting Love
The Humility of Stewardship
“The Humility of Stewardship” also resulted from the GMF Nature Writer’s Retreat I attended in August. I actually adapted this and rewrote it from an Earth Day Sermon I gave in the nineties. I hope you enjoy it.………………………………………………………… In his … Continue reading
Brain Health Cake?
What do you give a person in the final stage of Alzheimer’s everything she really needs,? I decided on baking a brain health cake for Cindy’s 66th birthday. Not having baked a cake in decades did not deter me. I … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Health, Care Partner Vignettes
Tagged Alzheimer's Love Story, brain health recipe
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The Town Center and the Pub
“Can I pay with my looks?” Our kids now cringe whenever I ask a clerk or waiter that question. They were with me when I got the best answer from a checkout clerk at a convenience store in Long Island. … Continue reading
Our First Dates
Forty-five years ago, some members of the group planning to hike the Appalachian Trail (AT) went down to Times Square for the 1980 New Years Eve celebration. At the time I had been dating a woman in the group for … Continue reading
Posted in Lasting Love
Tagged Appalachian Trail, Hiking Buddies, Long Distance Hiking, Times Square
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Our True Love Beginning
Here you go, the first true love background post. I arrived at the “zombosis land” trailhead as people on the practice hike were passing through. Appalachian Trail (AT) thru-hikers bestowed the name “zombosis land” on the heavily forested, fairly level … Continue reading
My Updated New Ten Year’s Resolution
Happy New Year! Last year at this time I posted “My New Ten Year’s Resolution” about my plan for keeping active and increasing my social engagement. I had assumed that when Cindy turned 65 last February my home health aide … Continue reading
Posted in Home Care Journal, Lasting Love
Tagged Alzheimer's Love Story, Believe in Humanity
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Lasting Love: Past and Future
Cindy and I wanted this blog to inform and inspire others who may find themselves in a similar situation. I never considered that to be the telling of a love story, though a few readers commented they have that impression. … Continue reading
The Bold Path
As I looked over the problematic path, assessing whether I should go that way with Cindy in the adult stroller, I involuntarily chuckled out loud. “Of course we should not go this way,” was my assessment. “But of course we … Continue reading
