by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 30, 2022 | Serendipity
Songs That Matter #3 Against the backdrop of war torn Sarajevo in 1992, this stirring song took on new meaning. A mortar killed 22 people waiting in line at a marketplace in that city during the siege of Sarajevo. In response, Vedran Smailovic emerged for 22 days...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 30, 2022 | Serendipity
Songs That Matter #2 Against the backdrop of ever challenging times (and aren’t they all to some extent?), Louis Armstrong’s gravelly voice draws us back to the light. These lyrics delivered so gracefully seem to take the air out of pretense, anger and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 16, 2022 | Serendipity
Songs That Matter #1 Sometimes a song catches you and speaks more concisely than you could have done for yourself. A song a few years ago by one of my favorite bands, The Avett Brothers, caught me. No Hard FeelingsWhen my body won’t hold me anymoreAnd it finally lets...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 8, 2022 | Caregiving
Snapshots of Transformation #5 One of the most excruciating limitations for Kathy was not being able to pick up our son, Seth, as a baby. We picked him up and put him in her arms, and as he grew more mobile, she helped him scramble up into her arms. Simply picking up...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 2, 2022 | Caregiving
Snapshots of Transformation #4 Kathy and I arrived at the 2014 Myositis National Conference in Reno, Nevada. Since we were speaking and there was some confusion about our room, they put us in one of the high roller suites! As an additional surprise, we awoke the next...
