by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 23, 2020 | Serendipity
Snapshots of Self-Differentiation Pepe peered outside through the curtains onto the streets of Luarca, a fishing town in Spain. He was four years old. The year was 1918. In 2018, Pepe (Jose Ameal) was believed to be the oldest survivor of what later became known as...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 14, 2020 | Serendipity
Snapshots of Self-Differentiation Some of the most poignant lessons I have learned seemed to occur on my Meals on Wheels route in Abilene, Texas twenty years ago. For almost a year, the route had remained relatively unchanged. Same people, same faces, same routine....
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 6, 2020 | Serendipity
Snapshots of Self-Differentiation We caught a mere 10-second glimpse of his life. But it left us rejuvenated by his display of beautiful, uninhibited freedom. Around 10am, we were enjoying the Paseo Arts Festival in OKC a few years ago. As my son and I made our way to...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 28, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #3 Midge and John are two of the most resilient people I know. John has been living with Parkinson’s disease for over twenty years. He has done Deep Brain Stimulation, all kinds of meds, and he keeps going…and well at that. John has...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 21, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #2 Limping and waddling his way toward me, his cheek-to-cheek smile greets me long before his aching body arrives. Wayne is one of my heroes. Disease and life experience have sabotaged his health, but he continues to expose his jumbled...
