If anyone needs to stop by and smell a few of them, please feel free to swing by! So many of my friends are working so hard, they hardly ever have time (make time?) to stop and smell their own, or anyone else’s roses; ‘This is the price of success’, many say. What is success if all it…
A fellow blogger, Worrywarts guide… led me to the YouTube clip below (thank you). It catapulted me into a ‘reconsider my various mantras’ mode, such as ‘you live until you die’ and ‘live every day as if it’s your last, just in case it is’. And then it made me wonder how many days until…
This wonderful article reminds me that where there is a will, there is a way! The gentleman’s quick thinking was ingenious, and has given me a laugh many times. I had the article stuck on my fridge for years, and only recently my youngest son read it and laughed out loud. He too thought it was…
A couple of weeks ago I ‘lost’ a blog post, and the day after I asked for someone to tell me if they had received it, and thankfully one lovely friend (DR) sent me the email she received into her Inbox, so I actually have proof of it!! But where the hell did it go, and…
Jane S recently asked: “Kate, if you don’t mind me asking, I would love to hear your perspective on ‘a good life’ … what gives meaning to each day now? what gets you up each morning? what are the places, past-times and people who remain key to a good life? At the heart of my wonderings…
The responses to yesterdays blog were thoughtful and insightful, thank you. You have given me some wonderful ideas and lots of food for thought. Rather than responding to you individually, I decided it was a good ‘topic’ for todays blog! Vanessa – I agree, it is important to just keep saying it. My message about what it…
Many days it feels like I am drowning from the symptoms of dementia, and last night my husband and I were talking about the changes that are taking place again, and the fear we both feel when I might not be able to keep myself afloat. It is not the most comfortable emotional journey, constantly feeling like…
Early intervention is an important key to increasing opportunities for social engagement for a person diagnosed with dementia. With an early diagnosis, people with dementia are not only more likely to want to remain engaged in their current communities, but are more able to be. Obviously, a dementia friendly environment is pivotal to social engagement.…
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