Marriage Proposal

Okay I think most of you are aware of my father’s seemingly miraculous turnaround since being at deaths door the end of October but you have to hear the latest.......

Let me preface this with reminding you that according to dad's doctors he is in the last stages of dementia and had been written off as "failure to thrive". So keep in mind this conversation I am about to tell you about shouldn't have occurred, especially with any rhyme or reason to it.

Here we go:

Last week my dad called me into his room and said, "I want to get married!"

I said, "Um okay, to whom"?

He said, "To um, um, that girl!" (Okay I didn't say he didn't still have senior moments!)

Since I had been out of town and one sitter in particular had been there all weekend I said, "Judy?"

He said, "Yes, would that be okay with you?"

I said, "Well, I think you should discuss this with her."

To which he replied, "Why don't you talk to her about it?"

Well I mentioned to Judy what dad said. We all didn't want to hurt his feelings so you can imagine we tried to avoid answering him and hoped he would forget. I mean is that too much to ask of someone with dementia/Alzheimer????...lol

Anyway he caught me in the hall several days later and said, "Have you talked to her about it yet?" I hem hawed or something like that around and basically said she will talk to him.

Judy hadn't been back until about 4 or 5 days later. Actually yesterday she was doing some other work for me at the house. Kathy, one of the other sitters said dad kept asking if she would take him outside. She used the excuse that it was too windy. That didn't stop him from wanting to talk to Judy so Kathy went outside to tell Judy dad wanted to talk to her.

I wasn't in the room but it was reported to me that when Judy came into the room she asked dad if he was causing trouble in a very sweet way. Dad said that he wasn't causing trouble and she said she thought he was.

He then said, "Will you marry me!"

Of course Judy had planned for this and said she had a boyfriend and what would he think about it... He said, "No you told me you didn't have a boyfriend".

She said, "No I didn't and here is a picture of him." (She had someone send a picture of himself on her phone to which she opened the phone and showed him.)

He didn't say anything after that.

The part I want you to notice here is that he had a normal conversation that a normal person would have. It wasn't a delusional one from medications because he doesn't take any that would cause that. It was a conversation from a man who is mentally there and was thinking of how nice it would be to be married. (Notice since I am his daughter I kept what I believe he was thinking clean. If he was thinking anymore than that I don't want to know...lol)

I so wish my dad was physically capable of all that he would like to do. I know he was bummed about the reply he got from his proposal but I am happy that he is thinking better and of more positive things.

May God bless you as he continues to bless us always.

Prayer: Sometimes Life Is Overwhelming

A very special friend told me today her father is not doing well and may very well be on his way to join his loving wife who passed just 1 year ago and his Savior. She is hurting as well as her family and asked that I keep them in my prayers. Connie you and your family are in my prayers.

Here is a special prayer that has given me comfort......

Loving Father,
Sometimes life can seem so overwhelming,
The pain is so deep,
the confusion so dense,
the struggle so disheartening.
But You, O God, know the full
measure of my anguish.
My feelings are as transparent
to You as my actions.
You have invited me to “be
myself” in prayer,
and so I am free to express the full
intensity of my emotions,
knowing that my honesty opens
the door to healing.
In the name of Him who prayed
for me with all the passion in His soul,
Your Son, Jesus.
Amen

From The Journey of Prayer by Terry W. Glaspey

Many hugs go out to all who are suffering. God truly has shown me his strength in my weakness. I pray he will for you too.

DAD - LAST SUMMER

This is a picture of my father when we toured an LST that is docked in our city. He seemed to really enjoy the outing. Dad retired from the Air Force in 1972 so he was familiar with this ship. I just liked seeing him smile with those huge blue eyes.

My Credentials

I want to take a minute to tell you about my credentials. I had someone ask me the other day if I was a doctor or a nurse. Here is my answer:

I am not a doctor. I am not a nurse.

I have worked with doctors in various fields and currently have many partners in the healthcare field both holistic and non-holistic. I do have an ex who is a nurse, a sister who is a nurse and a daughter in nursing school.

I have extensive and I do mean extensive on the job training in the nursing field. Many people tell me I should go ahead and get a degree since I have done and still do everything nurses do. However, I will not do that because I don't feel it would be a good leveraging of my time or income. This is not to say nurses don’t make lots of money...because they make a very good living. It's just that I feel I can help people best by connecting people with the doctors and scientist that are changing the world one person and a time, not be one.

So as you read my posts, please understand that it is not my intention to diagnose or treat anyone. They are only my opinions and true facts of my experience in life. I am a blunt person and a believer in God. I also believe I have a moral responsibility to pass on this second gift of life I was so graciously blessed with at age 42.

GSH - Glutathione....Say what??? Glue the what??

4 Facts About Glutathione (GSH)

Our body naturally creates a powerful antioxidant called "glutathione" or "GSH" to help deal with dangerous daily by-products of breathing oxygen and the toxic intrusions in our air, water, and food.While glutathione (GSH) is thousands of times more prevalent and powerful than our body's other antioxidants, there are four important areas we must understand if we are going to make use of improved glutathione levels.

Glutathione Absorption: We know that increased glutathione levels cleanse and optimize the cells of our body. How do we increase the GSH levels? Intravenous GSH is costly and a one-shot solution. Ingesting GSH supplementation gets torn apart in digesting it. GSH that would get to the blood stream is too large a molecule to get through cell membranes. The answer was developed by Dr. Robert Keller by creating a high level absorptive blend which contains the ingredients for GSH to be naturally accelerated in the most needed areas of the body.

Glutathione Production: Glutathione is needed and used in all the 50 trillion cells tens of thousands of times per second. By providing the amino acids and other precursors needed by the cell to produce GSH, Dr. Keller's GXL formula naturally optimizes intracellular health in the areas it is most needed. GSH neutralizes oxidative stress and chaperones toxins from the cells and body.

Glutathione Recycling: GSH is not only increased by the MaxGXL blend by more than 290% in 60 days, it is also recycled over and over again because of the other ingredients in the GXL formula. Dr. Keller does not know how many times the recycling of GSH goes around, but it is significant.

Glutathione Maximization: Dr. Keller points out that there are at least 17 enzymes involved in the production, recycling, and storage of GSH. The blend uses the quercetin, cordyceps, and silimarin to maximize and aid these enzymes. An added benefit is the rejuvenation of the liver functions for creating and storing GSH.