The Ribbon of Road Ahead

I am very humbled.  Life is good for me.  Not only my life as a woman in my early sixties.  My life as a person with Parkinson’s disease is good, and at times even rewarding. In January of each year our church puts up crosses in the outdoor play area to remind people of the…

In January of 2020, I was preparing for a great road trip. Charlie had our Coachman Crossfit camper van, Dooley, mechanically ready for our journey. I had arranged for 12 speaking engagements along the way and figured out how to get to each location and where we would stay at night. We packed healthy food…

I stood outside the church door, leaning on the handrail of the ramp.  The silver hearse was parked at the curb and pick-ups and cars were lining up behind to follow it to the cemetery.  I watched as a Volkswagen sedan zipped ahead. A red blinking light attached to the roof alerted me that this…

In my role as an Ambassador for the Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson’s, I am asked to complete a survey at the end of each week.  The survey consists of one question and a space for comments How much do you agree with the following statement? “I am satisfied with the work I was able…

To Amy Carlson honor indebtedness grateful gracious appreciative heartfelt beholden Besides being super brainy, a great dancer, a storyteller and an artist. Amy has a huge heart.  She has surrounded herself with people who she loves and love her.  They have been together since March 13, 2020.  They show up for her, for each other…

Learning to read 11.18.20 I know the reason a teacher would want to be assigned to a kindergarten, first grade or second grade class.  By third grade most students are reading to learn. In these earlier grades, as children learn to read the magic of words comes to life.  Have you ever watched a child’s…

ALIVE Autumn came too quickly.  Last week, I think it was Thursday, a heavy frost was forecast.  Charlie went outside and picked the peppers and tomatoes that were still eeking out an existence in the fading hours of sunlight…sitting in the pots and buckets that were this year’s garden. And then, it happened.  The wind…

  I used to bring electronics in bed to help me stay awake. I was afraid to sleep.  Wild dreams, the kind where you live them over and again, possessed me for days after. And now, when the electronics come to bed with me, I turn them on and instantly fall asleep.  Falling asleep is…

Its not uncommon for me to knock over a coffee cup. It happened just the other day as I reached for the TV controller to turn on the morning news. I had set my coffee down near me on the kitchen table. Still shaking the cobwebs out my head, I knocked it with my elbow. …