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Teaching...
about 400 docs, nurses and social workers today about advanced Alzheimer's Disease. Instead of citing stats and a powerpoint presentation of graphs and research design I decided to scrap that approach and make it interactive. I led them down a hypothetical corridor to the room where they were diagnosed with the disease. Each student had a bag of items to help them 'become' the patient. 2 keys, a bottle of pills with specific (basic) directions of how to take them (the 'pills' were M&M's and Hot Tamale candy) and a photograph of someone that was supposedly a close family member that they were to identify by name (the photos were of my family and friends).
I have never seen such energy as these professionals took this exercise to the maximum impact. They stepped into their role as a patient and the impact was beyond anything I ever suspected it would be. There were tears and laughter but best of all I think I imparted what ~ in some ways ~ it feels like to not know yourself, anyone you have loved, and the lack of capability to carry out simple tasks. It was powerful. I feel humbled to have been their instructor. |
Shopping in a really neat-o store. They had a bazillion little things and just the right magic wand for our granddaughter!! Yippee!!!
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WOW!!!!
I see SUNSHINE!!!! shining through the blue hazy fog that's laying over the beautiful farm land!! I love living in the country, where there's no city buildings to block my view like this morning. And it's warm out.... just a slight chill, but warm enough that I only needed my Pink Panther bathrobe on and not an arctic coat to walk the dogs! I SEE SUNSHINE!! |
Watching a big, fat, fluffy Daddy Bluebird perch on my Weber grill!!
His colors are so bright, he's almost indigo! |
What brought me joy...
hearing the excitement in a friend's voice today and really feeling the love of her friendship. as bad as this year has been for my company, "the man" found a way to still give us our Christmas bonus! |
My daddy telling me I could pick out the home we will live in (eventually) in Texas with hym. OMG! (That's more like a scream but I have a smile from ear to ear!)
Taking my aunt to the Dr. today..recieving the wonderful news that in a month, (approximately 2 months after her right toes were amputated due to diabetes) she will finally be fitted with a shoe that will have her up and running and raising all kinds of stuff as she'd done before. We both wanted to do a little happy dance but I told her she'd have to wait til she got her shoes on! lolol.... The cute lil butch that helped my aunt at the Dr's office....she was very sweet to her, that's why I smiled. (Sorry daddy, I promise I was good). My aunt telling me I am beautiful. Finishing an application that had been kicking my butt and was looooonnnggggg overdue. Feels good to be able to submit it! A very lovely Christmas dinner for FiveFold Leadership only, to which I have been invited and have been told to expect a surprise! Woohoo! Fitting back into a gorgeous, festive, hoilday dress I will wear tonight. :blueheels: Feeling loved and blessed and filled to overflowing with blessings and good things in my life. Wishing everyone the same! Love, Shug |
yeah!!!!
I got my new Drivers license today, I look like Shaggy lol
But my new name looks good there under my pic, and they used all my names, Andrew Riordan Cole Coffey! I am so excited. Good thing too, I already got a plane ticket to New Hampshire to meet Ginger's parents on the 27th Under my new name! |
staring here at the lighted xmas tree, knowing next week at this time i will be "home for the holidays" with my son. this year should be the fun year and every year there after.
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Getting a FANTASTIC email from my oldest niece about the packages I sent....
and feeling the Christmas Spirit and her Love.... (she wasn't supposed to open it till Christmas, but you know they tore into the boxes as soon as they were delivered!) I always get tickled at having to "decipher" her emails.... i loves the stuff you sent me and i already spent my clairs money lol i got a best friends forever necklace split into 3 and this thing where you can draw on your nails and some candy spray thx for all the stuff ill take lots of christmas pictures with my camra then get it developed then send some to you, i love the robe mom said when im sleeping shes going to tell me she went your house then got her one HAHAHAHAH the socks are really warm! i ike the key chain with my name on it we dont have pins around here that have our names on it so it was neat what are those things that there like blue and brown are they a necklace or something when mom pulled out what you got her she said she was in heaven and i enjoy all the stuff you got me i cant wait to see you again and and i got fingernail polush lol again thx fdor the christmas stuff were getting yours ready but we still will send you pictures of the family. love- buttercup princess" I ADORE that girl and her sister soooooo much that my heart swells for them!! |
I FINALLY got a job offer. I'm so very excited and the people seem really nice. Though it's not the field I was applying for...I applied there on a whim after seeing the sign...it could be just what I need.
New state, new home, new start! |
A REALLY sweet email from my oldest niece.... still telling me how much she and her family loved the presents I sent...AND that she "will wright later I'm going out to play in the snow!! LOVE YOU!"
A REALLY exciting phone call with AWESOME news.... now if only I can contain my excitement next Tuesday? thinking about how happy I am and very relieved that Mom was given the news that she doesn't need chemo in January as she was led to believe....not yet any way... her next oncology appointment is in March. Dear Friends, their understanding, help, support, love, compassion, welcoming loving embraces (both physical and spiritual), and just for being here for me through some of the roughest times in my life. I couldn't have made it without each of them. |
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I found a copy of Jackie Wilson's version of Blue Moon. I've looked for it for like two years. It's my Christmas present. And I'm able to download from YouTube thanks to a few tips from someome here....
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We already know what we're going to do on our first date night after my first paycheck! :clap: |
Knowing I will be in his arms tomorrow.
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Blue sky and sunshine.
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Cafe Dumonde
The Quarter Marie Laveau's crazy family, young and old Her voice |
Life - no complaints whatsoever...
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I had a great workout, it's Christmas Eve, my honey is feeling better than he did this morning and I just had a slice of yummy pizza. What's not joyful about that? :)
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I went to midnight mass tonight just to carol, when the mass part started I left
I enjoyed myself immensely. Even an atheistic pagans likes to sing Christmas songs on Christmas eve. Take that in the box thinkers =P |
What didn't...
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quiet and a glass of :wine:
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last year I was just so grateful to be home with my family. This year, my family was so grateful I was home with them. This was the year they truly felt I was home for good and not the wandering soul I have been for a decade. We have grown so strong as a unit and they gushed all over me. And it was such a simple easy holiday. Impromptu visits, suprise gifts, new exciting types of cookies, all the old favorite traditional cookies, children laughing until they fell asleep on the floor, all the puppies together that belong to the family....oh my....it was so so so wonderful....
I am home. I HAVE a home. And there really is no place like home,... |
I was brought and unexpected bit of joy today... I had forgotten how much I enjoyed some of the little things in life. A walk through a quiet neighborhood, time for myself to read, and sketch, no expectation, no demands on my time. I love myself, there are little things I enjoy, I don't have to be what everyone thinks I should be... So why do I try so hard to conform. Maybe its time to change that. I can live the life I want and do the things I love. There is nothing wrong with that. I can embrace what I am, and there is no shame in admitting to the things I can not do. I don't have to be superwoman, I just have to be true to myself. There is great joy in that knowledge.
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I went grocery shopping today to the "good" grocery store (aka the gourmet one) and then to Cost Plus for wine shopping after planning my vacation cooking extravaganza.
I love to cook and am planning on taking advantage of my vacation to do just that. My neighbors and friends are gonna have a good food week! |
my daughter called me for advice today, and help. Her sister from her father's second marriage is a troubled teen. That mother wants the girl to get out. My daughter asked me if I would take her in.
oh lord. A teen? I am still pondering this... but the joy is over my daughter who, two years ago after I relapsed, didnt want to be part of my life, was asking me to take in her sister. Life changes when you stick around and do the foot work... |
re: aberdeen, wa....
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Just Lovely Jenn Just had to give you a "shout out" for living in aberdeen, wa...Lisa & I were from Seattle,Wa...I miss the forests,the ocean, the ferry rides to the islands...We don't miss I-5 at all.... |
best thing since velcro
THE snow blower :canadian:
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re: PNW....
I'll be honest....I miss smelling the scent of the rain....Yeah, it's cloudy most of the year...Yeah, there is the rainy season( even though most folks think it rains in Seattle 100% of the time)....But it was such a beautiful state. I miss the drives through the Olympic forest area...The horseback rides on the ocean...The lakes, Puget Sound...I like Portland too, but it was too small of an area for me after living in Seattle...
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These brought me joy.... yesterday...
and still are today... He bought me ROSES!!!! http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...en/myroses.jpg |
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having supper with Mom and my roomie in celebration of both of their birthdays
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A soft, fuzzy bear...
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Miss Pink trying to teach me, with my tone deaf ears and less than agile fingers, to play "Heart and Soul" with her on the piano...haven't laughed THAT hard in a few days!
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coming home......yeah I'm pretty easily joyed
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Getting a virtual card "just because" from a faraway friend-and finding just the right song to send back to her. Remembering that I'm another day closer to hitting the train to see her.
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Text messages from someone who could very well become more than just a friend ~ time will tell, but I'm enjoying this very much :D
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A phonecall and hearing her laugh.
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