I got an email today from a friend with the subject line, “He should have listened to his wife.” The email went on to say that her husband did not listen to her when he was starting to get sick resulting in his condition getting worse. Poor guy!
Advice and reminders to take care of ourselves [...]
During the holidays and during other times of the year, many of us gather with friends and family to celebrate. If you are a planner, you may have already decided at whose house you will gather. You may give thought to the menu, plan the decorating and start buying gifts. Let me just say that [...]
When I was little, we didn’t have access to the camcorder that so many people have today. We had tape recorders. These magical little devices provided hours of fun as we audio taped ourselves conducting interviews with our versions of real people (e.g., Joe Namath, various Presidents, Beethoven) as well as people we’d made up. [...]
Many of our blogs focus on what you can do to expand communication for individuals following stroke or brain injury so that they can accomplish goals and participate in the world. Today, I want to direct my blog to the family members, caregivers and therapists of these individuals.
Henry Ford said, “There is joy in work. [...]
“Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing.” ~ James Milton
Arguing is a communicative function that we all practice at one time or another with varying degrees of intensity and in a variety of places. I joke that some families (not mine, of course!) can argue anywhere – in [...]
I had a friend tell me once that her greatest fear was being inappropriately dressed. Though I am sure that she was largely kidding, this brings up a good point; nerves (or anxiety) are not the result of the same circumstances in everyone. In other words, what makes you nervous or anxious wouldn’t bother me [...]
“As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.” Ernest Hemingway
This quote made me ask myself if I have a hero and it might make you ask the same question.
It might be relatively easy for an elementary student to come up with a hero. They might name an [...]
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” ~ Winston Churchill
I agree with Sir Winston Churchill that listening takes courage. I also believe that listening is a skill and even an art.
There are those people with whom I interact who seem to have [...]
Growing up, there were a few rules about language that stuck in my head.
“Ain’t” is not a word.
Don’t use two negatives in a sentence. (e.g., “He didn’t buy nothing.”)
Always put the other person first in a sentence. (e.g., “John and I” vs. “Me and John”)
Don’t end a sentence with a preposition.
I am sure there are [...]
Occasionally on cold, dark days, my family would drag out the screen, the projector and the slides. I think I was the one who looked forward to these jaunts into family events more than anyone else; I thought it was fun to see my parents when they were young, to see myself as a baby [...]
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