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Category Archives: Poetry
Living with a lesser light
Living with a lesser light Living with a Lesser Light is a Quick Poem written off Guest Blogger Serena Sinclair’s O is for One Perfect Moment, #AtoZChallenge of APRIL 20, 2017 This is the poem that prompted Friday’s guest blog … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Care Giving, Dementia, Guest, Loss, Love, Poetry
Tagged Advocacy, Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, caregiving, Dementia, Guest, Love, poetry
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Inner Critic: Writers and Carers
Inner Critic: Writers and Carers Writers especially have an inner critic. Inner critics are never satisfied. They continually plague the writer’s mind with questions, questions, question, what ifs, doubts… So it is for care givers. Many and many a … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Care Giving, Caring, Choices, Dementia, Humor, Poetry
Tagged Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, Care, caregiving, Dementia, Humor, poetry
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Stronger than you think
YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK To all my fellow care givers. The day my dog got killed, right before my eyes, The driver never even apologized He just got out his shovel and scooped up the guts. “Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Advocate, Alzheimer's, Care Giving, Choices, Helping, Memory, Poetry
Tagged Advocacy, Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, caregiving, Memory, poetry
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Where Have All the Cartoonists Gone?
Where Have All the Cartoonists Gone? Where have all the cartoonists gone? We miss them sorely, miss them every day. Why are they gone? Who laid them off? What are they doing now? How do they make a living, … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Cancer, Care Giving, Caring, Dementia, Irony, Loss, Poetry
Tagged Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, Cancer, Caring, Dementia, poetry
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Judge Me Not
\ Judge Me Not Judge Me Not Judgment Notes: This, like me, is a work in progress ( emphasis on progress ) Judge me not Lest you be judged Self-appointed judges lurk Judge not the lady Who forgets her … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alzheimer's, Caring, Dementia, Discrimination, Justice, Memory, Poetry
Tagged Alzheimer's, Blogging 101, Dementia, Memory, poetry, Sundowning
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My Jesus Poems
My Jesus Poems Apparently written in Istanbul, Dec 1963 In a letter forwarded by little sister Marjorie, Feb, 2013 I Stood Where Jesus Stood I stood where Christ stood, I sat within His cell; And at the Garden … Continue reading
Posted in Caring, Friendship, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Memories, Mystery, Peace, Poetry, Remembrance
Tagged Blogging 101, Caring, Hope, Jesus, Love, Remembrance, War and Peace
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To the Copts: A String Poem
TO THE COPTS: A STRING POEM This being Easter and only a few short days since terrorists bombed two Coptic churches in Egypt, I want to share an experience I had there many years ago. It speaks of brotherhood and … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alzheimer's, Caring, Coptic, Hope, Memory, Poetry, Remembering, Travel
Tagged Advocacy, Blogging 101, Coptic adventure, Hope, memoir, Memory, Peace Now, poetry
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