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Sometimes when I write, I write what I think, not what I feel. This is that week. John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me...

I was 12 when I first tried to kill myself. Twelve. I was a child, and I was in so much pain I wanted to die. Sit with that. There was so...

When I started thinking about what I was going to write about this week, the words, “I will rise” came to mind. As I thought about it...

Well, my journey went over a little bump this week. Wait, scratch that. My journey went over a friggin’ boulder in the middle of a narrow...

“How are you?” “I’m fine, and you?” “I’m fine.” The most banal and yet deceptive conversation that takes place thousands of times at...

My heart broke tonight. I was talking to my wife, complaining about the latest symptom to show up: apathy and she shared her doubt about...

What struck me today is that one of the hardest parts of having dementia is the loneliness. No one understands the pain, the fear. Those...

Luke 12:13-21 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said...

When I preached last Sunday, I said the words, “I have dementia”. I have been using the diagnosis ”frontotemporal degeneration” as if...

I have an invisible disability. I don’t use a wheelchair or cane. When you talk to me, I seem together. My symptoms don’t raise red flags...

Too often I find myself so scared. Scared of dealing with an uncertain future. Scared of a limited lifespan and a rotten way to go. All...

One of the things I’m not sure people understand is the FEAR this frontotemporal degeneration causes. The diagnosis is progressive and...

I’m not usually a positive person. I say I’m not an optimist or pessimist; I’m a realist. I don’t see life through rose-colored glasses....

One of the difficulties with having chronic illnesses is dealing with the doctors that are supposed to treat you. They dismiss our...

Two swans making a heart with their beaks. So, I’ve shared my journey with frontotemporal degeneration. It’s been a hard one. I’m angry...

I have frontotemporal degeneration. My cognitive difficulties are not obvious to others yet although that is changing as I lose control...

June is Pride month. It’s time to recognize all the diverse voices that make up our world. It is calling the world to unity not...

I’ve been hurt by the church many times. Some of those hurts led to years away from organized religion. Some were multiple slights adding...

It’s hard not knowing what the future holds. The lack of a firm diagnosis for my cognitive chaos leaves me hanging. My psychiatrist told...

I’m lost trying not to succumb to fear. My world has been turned upside down. Memory loss that has plagued me for years has worsened....