What do you know about Alzheimer's? These are just some of the statistics about Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia, according to the new report, 2013 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures. As staggering as the facts may be, they don’t even begin to cover the day to day reality of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s. Caring … Continue reading When you’re saying the long goodbye: World Alzheimer’s Month
Don’t we have anything better to talk about?
I want to preface this post with three things: I HATE award shows. I dislike the concept of 'celebrity' so much that I can't type it without using quotation marks. I tend to find Miley Cyrus annoying, but not any more so than most teenagers and young adults (almost 10 years overseeing a college student … Continue reading Don’t we have anything better to talk about?
Paints, Clay, Wine & Friends: A week of accidental art therapy
While I consider myself creative, I don't consider myself to be artistic. That is unless you count the use of words to draw a picture, which I think I can do. As a child I envied kids who could draw a house that consisted of more than a triangle over a rectangle, topped with a … Continue reading Paints, Clay, Wine & Friends: A week of accidental art therapy
The courage to fight for all of our rights #StandWithTexasWomen [guest blog]
There are a lot of topics being discussed in the media right now that don't matter. It's noise that distract us while laws affecting our rights are being proposed and passed, and in some cases receiving the seal of approval from the highest court in the land. One such law is SB5, a stringent anti-abortion … Continue reading The courage to fight for all of our rights #StandWithTexasWomen [guest blog]
Being female: Finding freedom from fear [video]
At a poetry reading some months ago, a woman, a mother, shared a deeply personal piece about the conflicting messages that her young daughter receives through their conversations. As she tells her to believe that the world is hers for the taking, she also tells her to watch the length of her skirt and where … Continue reading Being female: Finding freedom from fear
If I had a superpower, it would be Words
Nathaniel Hawthorne said, "Words--so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them." The power of words can be immeasurable. They can come together to express our thoughts and feelings and they can incite … Continue reading If I had a superpower, it would be Words
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