the beautiful tennessee waltz
I can’t carry a tune in a bucket. But Mom had a lovely voice, and…
Browsing: healing
baby buddy: you get peed on, you get puked on, who wouldn’t want to do it?
Mom ADORED babies. This would have been the perfect “activity” to help her feel joyful,…
20 opportunities being an alzheimer’s or related dementia care partner might offer you
I believe the way we approach life has everything to do with the way we…
77-year-old ballet teacher still on her toes
“It seems amazing that I’m still dancing at 77,” says ballet teacher Suzelle Poole with…
how not to kill dementia dancers
Sir Ken Robinson’s wonderful 2006 TED talk asks a simple question: “Do schools kill creativity?“…
4 “easy” steps to embracing empathy
Empathy and sympathy are two different things entirely, says author and researcher Brené Brown. The…
how being sorry and stupid turned mad into glad
I’ve shared parts of this story before. It’s an afternoon in October 2015. Mom appears to…
if only they had listened to ciaran
Phyllis Cranfield was born in Ireland in 1931, and moved to England in late 1968;…
dementia caregivers: a poem
I didn’t want to leave my comfortable life in Dubai to come back to Canada…
20 things & beings i love & am grateful for today
My fb friend mary missy taylor issued an invitation. Here’s what she said: “We live…