A LOT OF ICE, BUT NO DRINK

A LOT OF ICE, BUT NO DRINK

It was 2:20 a.m. and it sounded like a cannon going off when it hit. The whole house shook. We were in the middle of an ice storm and a massive limb from a massive tree fell on my house. Now, this tree has always been showered with love and care, yet one of its big...
COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD

COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD

Do you ever wonder where people go when they’re “not all there”? They aren’t dead, but they aren’t here, either. My mom has strange episodes where she looks like she’s having a stroke, and even like she’s dead, but it’s really an electrical malfunction of her heart...
THE STEVIE WONDER SOLUTION TO MINUTIAE

THE STEVIE WONDER SOLUTION TO MINUTIAE

Does anyone else do this? Whenever I don’t know what to do next, or I’m bored, or I’m procrastinating, I look in the refrigerator for something to eat. I seem to have convinced myself that finding something to eat – and then eating it – counts as doing...
SHARK TANK MIRACLES

SHARK TANK MIRACLES

Did you know Shark Tank is the perfect show to watch while hanging out with your mom in a memory care facility? It has really cool inventions, solid business advice, and 4-5 great stories every half hour. Like this one: In 2015 two Army Rangers showed up to get a deal...
ALL THE NUMBERS

ALL THE NUMBERS

Have you ever read those accounts about little kids who remember past lives? Or stories about the wisdom children have before we teach it out of them? Last year I was playing with my three year old grandson who was learning numbers. He said, “I love you one hundred!”...
DON’T HIT THE TREE!

DON’T HIT THE TREE!

There’s a video out by some guy telling a story that when elite skiers are taught how to navigate snow covered ski runs with trees in the way, the thing they are not taught to do is watch out for the trees. Why? They found if skiers constantly tell themselves “watch...