It’s another day when I really need a laugh and so the following email sent to me some years ago is to be my blog post today! Sometimes, if we don’t laugh, we would sit and cry and although crying can be incredibly healing, it is not always the best option as if you are facing ongoing challenges … Continue reading »
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Dementia, bras and laughter…
Whilst we’re all in the mood for some fun, it seems I should tell you a true story, as well as recording it here for posterity! Last week my husband and I were driving home from the airport and passed a wholesale outlet for women’s bras. He noticed the sign saying ‘Free fittings’ and thought this was … Continue reading »
Food, love, laughter and dementia
We’ve been watching a cooking program called Two Greedy Italians: Still Hungry on SBS, where “two fun-loving, food devotees Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo return to Italy together to remember their own pasts and discover how the culinary capital of the world is changing the way it cooks and eats. The two kings of Italian … Continue reading »
On death and dying
I’ve published parts of the last two paragraphs of this blog before, but felt it worthy of re-blogging. Death and dying is a part of life, and the bonus of being given the possibility of a more finite time to live is that it does make you think very deeply about your life. Yes, I do believe it is … Continue reading »
Back Up Brain vs Carer
Recently I gave a second nickname to my DH (dear husband!), which is BUB, or Back up Brain and we find this terminology far easier to live with than carer. We think of a back up brain as being the same as the hard drive in a computer. He said recently, it empowers him to be by my side and with me, … Continue reading »
Facing terminal illness
With the diagnosis of a terminal illness, mortality gets to sit at your table, right next to the knife and fork, up close and personal, whispering messages that you might die much sooner than you thought. You do not get to continue to view death from the large platform called life, but from the edge of … Continue reading »
Laughter and dementia
First up are the details for attending Laughter Boss Training in 2012. Although Perth, Melbourne and Sydney have already had their training sessions this year, you can attend any of the following dates: 25 May – Brisbane, 1 June – Gold Coast, 8 June – Newcastle, 22 June – Canberra, 6 July – Hobart, and … Continue reading »
Friendship, love and dementia
Today (tonight in Scotland) I am tired from too much fun, too much noise, too much laughing, and a little crying on the inside as I have struggled to keep up with my young friends over the weekend. As we left one young friend (one of our ‘other’ sons) and his delightful wife at the train … Continue reading »
RocKwiz Christmas concert
My day was busy, and then out tonight, the reason for this very late blog. But, in keeping with my goal, I will still have only missed one day since September 2! What a pleasure it was to be out tonight with our lovely neighbours to see the RocKwiz Christmas Concert at the Thebarton theatre. It … Continue reading »
The gift of dying
Yesterday was too much emotion for me to write for NaNoWriMo, and a lot of time needed for being with my sick friend and speaking to doctors and family and friends again. I did not have the emotional or physical energy to even consider writing the 2000+ words required for yesterdays November novel-writing goal. Oh … Continue reading »
A great idea???
Well, I did have a great idea for today’s blog, but have been seriously distracted sooooooo many times today and tonight, I have absolutely no idea what it was. What a day! Up early, working on my presentation to Masonic Homes, an unexpected visitor who was in tears and I didn’t have the time to do … Continue reading »
