This is a thought-provoking book about the journey of dementia for the individual diagnosed and their caregiver. Written by Elizabeth Tierney, she chronicles the last few years of her husband’s life with dementia. She makes the difficult decision to remain his primary caregiver (although with help in the last few years) and keep him in […]
In my neck of the woods, we are fully into spring! The trees are budding, the daffodils and tulips are blooming, the bees are buzzing around, and the inside of my house is covered in a fine dusting of yellow pollen from leaving the windows open. And you know what that means– gardening season! A […]
Yes, I have looked at my calendar today and know that it’s not technically spring yet. But when it’s 60+ degrees for over a week and the bulbs and trees are blooming outside my window, it feels like spring! It’s always been my favorite season– all the flowers blossoming, the air smelling so sweet, the […]
First, my apologies for being absent for so long from the Bookshelf! The holidays interfered with my reading schedule a bit, and I honestly do *not* know where January has gone! Nevertheless, my latest read…. “No Boundary” by Ken Wilber. This is a terrific read as an introduction to deeper encounters with the Self. For […]
Inner Space The previous blog entry was about outer space– how you create and care for the environment around you in order to bring more peace and calm to your daily life experience. And you’ve made some positive changes to that space, right? (If you haven’t, that’s your cue!) Today’s post is about your inner […]
Outer Space Take a moment, wherever you are reading this, and look around you. What do you notice? What catches your eye first, second, third? What sounds come to your ears? Are there scents? And how about textures– what are you sitting on, touching, tasting? These are the things that make your “outer space” at […]
Recently I attended a conference in Atlanta. Even though I live in the South, I can count on two fingers how many times I’ve been to/through Atlanta. My hotel was right next to the conference hotel, but I didn’t want to pay the $30/day hotel parking fee. So I decided to leave my car in […]
The story goes that a reporter conducting an interview with Thomas Edison asked him about the development process of inventing the light bulb and why it had taken Edison thousands of attempts before finally “getting it right.” Edison’s reply? “Those weren’t failures. I simply did not realize there were 10,000 steps to creating the light […]
Recently I was invited to take part in a resource fair for a university-sponsored autism walk. The location was several hours away in a city I’d never traveled to before. Being unfamiliar with the exact route between points A and B, I made sure to pack my GPS along for the ride. My trusty GPS […]
Even before we are conceived, there are expectations. Our parents expect to become pregnant (perhaps not at that very moment, but someday). As we grow in our mother’s womb, there are more expectations—boy or girl. After birth, even more expectations—how soon will we smile? crawl? walk? talk? And the expectations continue piling on and on […]
