The Covid Collages When the lockdowns started in March 2020, I was holed up at home, like so many of us, worrying and waiting. One day, I tore photos from magazines and...
The Thought On that October day the thought arrived. It just landed, couldn't see the direction it was coming from, light and soft, a revelation.....
If my face fell off If my face fell off and smashed to the floor would you smile or recoil at the face beneath? If my words came to life Would they lan...
Chestnuts Word order matters. There is a HUGE difference between a horse chestnut Copyright © JD Cottier 2020 and a chestnut horse! Ph...
I had that dream again I had that dream again where you throw yourself out the window and I can’t stop you. All I can do is look down and whisper … But, ...
I love you because … Few of us ever tell the people we love exactly why we love them. Sure, we may list a few reasons, but we rarely give too much detail. The same was tr...
It is What it is Sheila Tynan was diagnosed with ALS in late 2011. She decided to write about her journey with ALS in a blog. While her blog is about ALS, it is real...
Sheila Sheila was passionate about life and that passion showed in her smile - a really joyful, happy to be here with you, smile. That smile refl...
Music Therapy Hits the Right Notes If you want proof that music has the ability to enhance anybody's life, regardless of age, watch this. These seniors live in the Extendicare Starwood ...
There at the End "Being with my mother when she died was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life." Dorothy Craig - Nursing Home Volunteer "...to be there, o...
Hundreds of Hundreds What would have a greater impact on your life - giving a stranger a hundred dollar bill or having a stranger give you that bill? For a few people, ...
Where Violence Begins by Rachel MacNair The planetarium presentation, as usual, was beautiful. Yet there was a disquieting aspect to language used. Stars were dying. Why no...
Living in A Nursing Home – Perception versus Reality The only time you will likely read anything positive about a long-term-care home, or as it is more often called, a nursing home, is in the obits. Eve...
