Tag: Mark Applegate

• Fight, Mom, Fight

  

  “The saddest thing in life is that the best thing in it should be courage.” – Robert Frost – My mom is strong. She is fight-Mike-Tyson-with-her-oven-mitts-on strong.Carolina-reaper-on-her-eggs-chased-down-by-truck-stop-black-coffee strong.Raised-my-brother-and-my-sister-and-me strong. The latter taking the belt. words + photographs MARK APPLEGATE Mom was diagnosed in 2009 with, in the words of her doctor, “a mild case of…

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  October 12, 2022

  2022, Neighbors, October 2022

  Battle rages on, Boldness is contagious, Care for depression and anxiety Springfield Missouri, Carolina Reaper, Christ is the sure anchor, Courage outshines sadness and fear, Dementia is terrible disease, Diagnosed with mild case of dementia, Eligibility stages of hospice, God is our strength, God's glory, God's kindness, Hard times happen for believers, Hospice Care, Job from Bible, Life is a journey, Mark Applegate, Mercy Marian Center receiving inpatient care for depression and anxiety, Mike Tyson, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mom gave permission to go to nursing home, Old hymns joy of her Lord, Psalm 27:1, Removed from hospice care, Robert Frost poet, Sadness and fear are bullies, Strength is beautiful, Strength is contagious, Walk to End Alzheimer's Springfield Missouri

• Broken Brain, Sovereign God

  

  According to the yearly Alzheimer’s Association publication dubbed “Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures,” more than six million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. While this mattered to me, say, 20 years ago, it wasn’t until it became personal to me because of my mom’s struggles that I fully appreciated the extent…

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  July 6, 2022

  2022, July 2022, Storytellers

  Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, Blessed Assurance, Dementia, Digital Cornbread, God, Hymns, Mark Applegate, Memory Loss, Missouri State University, Piano, Romans 8:28-30, SeniorAge Area Agency on Aging

• Senior Adults: 5 Boredom Busters to Beat the Stuck-Inside-Blues

  

  We are about as far away from the dog days of summer as it gets, but January has its own dog days of winter blahs. It is easy to be locked inside unprepared by the wintry wonderland outside, so I offer to you five boredom busters to beat the stuck-inside-blues. words + photographs MARK APPLEGATE…

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  January 10, 2022

  2022, January 2022, Senior Adults

  Area Agency on Aging, Boredom Busters, Dementia, Digital Cornbread, Exercise, Home Organization, Israel, Mark Applegate, Missouri State University, Nathanael Greene Park, Ozark Technical Community College, Pen Pal Programs, Scrapbookin, Senior Adults, SeniorAge Area Agency on Aging, Springfield Conservation Nature Center, Tai Chi