Well, so far today has been all about not resisting change. It started out with putting on some washing in anticipation of my usual Friday, when my beautiful carer comes to help me at home. Then we were off to collect some of The Big Issue magazines from their office in the city – that went…

To be negative… or positive! That is the question I ask myself, especially when the going gets tough. By nature I am a happy and positive person, but when the road gets rough is when all those good genes could fail. The alternative to being positive is ugly, not one I  often choose. How can I…

I was chatting to a male friend whose wife has gone to live overseas for a few months with one of their children for a cultural experience. He works full-time, and is now looking after the rest of the family and their home, almost as if he were a single dad. Our conversation covered a lot…

… and the point I was trying to make, was that when I was working from Beaumont House, my gp, physio and I seriously considered employing ourselves a shared ‘wife’ !!!!!!!

The goal to contribute at least one post to my Daily Blog is being realised. I have written and published something for the last eleven days, and feel blessed to be able to do so. Daily thoughts turned into daily blogs; short stories, poems or sayings, some singing loudly of who I am and what I believe in, others…

Arrogance will blind you of the obvious. Only one person can determine the results… you! If you find yourself acting like a ‘big-ass’,                                                                                     go home and clean the toilet! Leaders are like Eagles, they don’t flock…                                                                                    you find them one at a time. Look at what most people are doing…                                                                                          and do the opposite! Just…

I have spent a wonderful day at a TM refresher course at The Adelaide Meditation centre. Wonderful videos of Maharishi, beautiful reminders of my early days of practicing TM, and a renewed experience led by the delightful Heather and David… thank you. If it is health and a deeper experience of happiness and growth that…

Truth has many faces. What appears to be a truth is usually a compromise to accommodate different theories, for example, what is your truth may be someone else’s lie; what is my truth might just be something I’ve read in the newspaper! This is my way… what is your way? There is no right way.…

Change challenges our current value system,                                                                                    it faces us to look in the mirror,                                                                                                            it makes us let go of the past,                                                                                                        it is usually uncomfortable,                                                                                                               and we lose control (for a while).

I spent the afternoon speaking to a wonderful group of women at Mt Barker; a group of nurses and carers supporting people with health issues related to aging or illnesses like dementia to stay in their homes. They humbled me by listening to my personal story about living with dementia, asking probing yet respectful questions, and in…

Cinnamon donuts, ferris wheel rides, the ghost train, showbags, horses, and lots lots more! A brilliant morning at the Royal Adelaide Show with my two gorgeous great nephews and my niece. Their little faces, filled with laughter and joy, worth more than any amount of money or any kudos anyone could give me. The sticky…

Hmm, where to start? I was having coffee this morning about the educational video I’ll be starring in, and recalled an incident that happened to me recently. It didn’t seem that funny at the time, but has caused quite a sensation and a lot of laughs since, and my guests inspired me to write about it.…

Ok, it’s now half way through another new day, and it has been more than exciting and uplifting. To begin the day, my husband and I met with two people to discuss making a documentary style recording of my journey with dementia, for use as a teaching tool. Then after a haircut (not sure if I like…

Another day, another small goal to realise, another long-term goal to work on. This is what makes my life exciting. I have been asked many times why am I always so busy? It is because I am sucking the marrow out of life, living ever single moment of every amazing day, making the most of every available opportunity.…

I’ve just added the view from the front windows of our shack at Arno Bay into the header of my blog… wish we were there right now!