I got my mom a talking parrot. Not a real one, but a colorful fake one sitting on a perch. He flaps his wings and repeats what you say. Pete, the repeating parrot. I got the idea from a dementia web site. They had a video of a woman with […]
Life
The Side By Side
I discovered something so simple and amazing today. It was calming for me and I project for my mother too. I call it “the side by side.” I realized that when I am beside my mother it is so much better than being in front of her. Many songs are […]
The Nest
We have a beauty bush on the south side of the house. I am crazy about not wanting to trim it because I love having the expanse of branches and leaves and the brilliant pink explosion of color in the spring that I can look out at from six different […]
Get the Funk Out
One of my favorite things is seeing something that triggers my imagination and inspires me enough to want to write about it. Now mind you, I haven’t even decided if I can write very well yet. Many of you have let me know that you enjoy reading my musings and […]
It’s my birthday
It’s my birthday today. 63 years on this planet earth That’s an amazing amount of inhales and exhales since my very first breath into this life. Just a few days ago my sister’s son Scott and his wife Jenn had a baby boy. Brand new. Took his first breath. And […]