
Thought of the Week: Mother Lincoln
“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” (Abraham Lincoln)

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” (Abraham Lincoln)

She is brave and strong and broken all at once.

There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. (Click to get this on T-shirts, cards, magnets,

There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid. (Fredrick W. Cropp)

Kindness is more than deeds.
It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch.
It is anything that lifts another person.

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We don’t know how strong we are,
until being strong is the only choice we have.
(Alzheimer’s Awareness)

It’s not that caregivers have so much time. It’s that they have so much heart.


God didn’t add another day in your life because you needed it. He added it because someone out there needs you.

TEEPA CARE VIDEO: Learn about Alzheimer’s 6 stages. Teepa Snow shows what to expect, while keeping the focus on the person for whom you care.

Nobody has ever measured,
Not even the Poets,
How much a heart can hold. (Zelda Fitzgerald)

Anosognosia affects the majority of people living with dementia. Understanding this condition fundamentally changes how we approach conversations, decision-making, and future planning.

Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!

It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.

TEEPA CARE VIDEO: Learn about Alzheimer’s 6 stages. Teepa Snow shows what to expect, while keeping the focus on the person for whom you care.

Melvyn Amrine may not have remembered the details of his life since his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, but he sure proved that his love for his wife transcended memory.
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