Category Archives: True Love

The inspirational true love story of Kirk and Cindy’s determination to live well despite her tragic affliction with Alzheimer’s.

No Big Deal

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The words NO BIG DEAL jumped out at me, and not just because all the letters were capitalized. With those words my daughter Serena captured in her Father’s Day blog post what I’ve been blogging about for over a year. … Continue reading

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Family Embedded in a Community

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“Your blog always reminds me that ‘true humanity’ starts from the family embedded in a community.” Those are the words of Sigrid from Germany, wife to Kirk Haselton, long time hiker friend of our family. She goes on to say: … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Mama

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As we walked along Maple Avenue a motorcyclist passed us, not a common occurrence for that residential street, or anywhere else in our rural village. I commented to Cindy that we ought to ride motorcycles someday. “Yes!” She replied, her … Continue reading

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A Tuft of Flowers

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Sometimes the village green is the turn around point for our walks, but not today. Working out to Denise Austin tapes all winter gets a little monotonous; I need to do some hill reps. We cross the street between the … Continue reading

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Give Me Some Sugar

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The beginning routine of every morning is the same for Cindy. As I walk over to her side of the bed I make some funny faces or postures to set the right tone. Cindy smiles as I pull back the … Continue reading

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Calm the Mind

I am kicking off a Calm the Mind campaign for Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness month. The purpose of the campaign is to help you manage stress and to raise funds for an accessible walk-in shower for Cindy. The following video … Continue reading

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Heads Up!

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Starting near the end of next week Cindy and I, along with our daughter Charissa, will be spending a few days in Florida. I anticipate that this time will provide me the opportunity to catch up on posts I want … Continue reading

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Elphaba and other Topics

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We have two cats, Garfield and Elphaba. They were a package deal, brought into our household by our daughter Charissa while Cindy and I were spending a year hiking across the country. When Charissa moved out everyone thought it best … Continue reading

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Lessons from Two Busy Weekends

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I have not posted for awhile, in part due to two busy weekends; two different weekends, two different lessons driven home by them. On April 30 we went to a wedding on the Sinclair side of our family tree. Mike … Continue reading

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Two Disturbing Articles

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Two articles this past week disturbed me. The first was an article from the UK reporting on a problem with GPs (general practitioners) resisting providing care for dementia patients. When asked by homes for their services they either insist on … Continue reading

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