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Thank you for your kind and encouraging words and messages in regards to my story telling adventures.
I love writing! Whether I am typing on the computer or writing with paper and pen, I love it! Ocassionally I keep the words to myself and use them to help me heal from whatever has me feeling defeated. Other times I expose myself and what I am feeling with no fear of rejection, just placing my thoughts...

Here we go day by day trying to survive what life throws our way...
I spent a long weekend with my mother and anyone that knows her can see how rapidly her health is declining. Yet for some reason I still expect more from her as I continue to remind her how I just told her something. It's like a bad habit that I can't let go.
And its funny her responses with people, a part of which is still the...

Observed closely, small moments have a large impact...
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ~Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Deb and I spend several days a week together. Usually our days involve therapy and then running a few errands and lunch. Unless you know Debbie, most people are unaware of her story and all she's been through. Most people don't know she has a brain injury, sometimes...

List your favorite books
Five things I can't live without by Holly ShumasWhatever you think, think the opposite by Paul ArdenThe art of racing in the rain by Garth SteinThe last lecture by Randy PauschThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe other boleyn girl by Phillipa GregoryThe red tent by Anita DiamontThe middle place by Kelly CorriganThe shackA million miles in a thousand years by Donald MillerLift...

Its funny how this blog post could change depending on the day I write it...
That's how much of a roller coaster our lives are right now with Debbie. There are days where she is awesome and you can see parts of the old Deb returning, and then there are other days, like today, where she doesn't even recognize her own house.
What is it about the brain that does this? It causes so much commotion in...

As Deb and I spend our days together, traveling to therapy and other adventures we always enjoy listening to the 70's station and sing along to most of the songs. They say music is good therapy in itself and I get to enjoy her laughter as we reminisce about songs of our childhood, and sometimes it's just a welcome distraction from the repeated questions that still come. 
This journey with Deb is...

April
List your favorite quotes
the words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?it is what it isblame keeps wounds open, only forgiveness healsBe with those who bring out the best in you not the stress in youThe most wasted of all days is one without laughterYou are always responsible for how you act no matter how you feellife is 10% of what happens...

The most complex yet the most amazing organ in the human body!
The average brain weighing about three-pounds is the home of intelligence, interpreter of the senses, initiator of body movement and controller of our behavior. The brain is the source of all the qualities that define our humanity.
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around... Thomas Edison
The powers of your brain...

April
List your childhood and current dream jobs
A writerPhotographerSecretarydesignerparty plannerprofessional wine tasterpoetbook reviewera model (hey it says childhood or current)Decorator

A blizzard comes in with such furry and covers our streets causing accident and more, with our Ohio weather we can have 3 seasons in one day and your life can change in an instant. Then the sun comes out and melts all that snow away and we are left to remember the mess it caused but with no confirmation.
Isn't that how things happen in your life, those horrific, life changing things. Its like life...