by Bruce McIntyre | May 28, 2017 | Caregiving
More from The Life of the Alzheimer’s Caregiver He has memory problems. The things that he forgets are many: What happened a few moments ago, a few days ago, a few weeks ago How to get around their new apartment How to operate the new phone What time dinner is...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 22, 2017 | Caregiving
The Life of the Alzheimer’s Caregiver For the 8th time this hour, she nods in agreement to the same conclusion to the same story. And for the 8th time this hour, she smiles and answers the same question about where Uncle Tom is living now. She is the...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 15, 2017 | Serendipity
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Not sure about you, but I am very successful at growing weeds. Why is it that we struggle to nurture the grass, trees, and planted flowers in our yards and gardens, but the weeds seem to thrive best of all? What is the difference...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 15, 2017 | Serendipity
Getting away to play The Gullies easily garnered top honors as the main attraction at my childhood home. We lived on a 110 acre hog farm in West Tennessee. Neighbors dared not lay a foundation or park a trailer any closer than a mile away. Our farm was home to about...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 29, 2017 | Spiritual Stuff
How are you a conduit for good? In what ways are you generous? Have you ever considered that generosity flows through multiple avenues? Allow me to share four areas that may allow your generous intentions to shine through: 1. Time. When we give of our time to listen,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 24, 2017 | Caregiving
Learned Habits for Tough Times Sometimes the thing that is changing is beyond your control. Quite often, in fact. Nevertheless, we easily get stuck fighting reality when the past is in the past. Therefore, it is helpful to remember that YOU control YOU. In the midst...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 14, 2017 | Resilience
Fixed thinking vs. Growth thinking Be very quiet. Listen carefully. To yourself. Sometimes, you may hear yourself tell yourself about the way it will never be, the things you could never do, the problems you will never overcome. Difficult circumstances may have...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 10, 2017 | Resilience
Procrastination Does Not Make a Good Friend She had accumulated a massive collection of shoulds, oughts, and one-of-these-days. The collection was not an asset. Rather, it had become a debilitating burden. In a moment of spiritual desperation, she prayed, “What...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 3, 2017 | Resilience
Tackle your problems with determination Some tasks, some goals, some dreams seem so distant and complex that we assume they are out of reach. But as I heard from one of my favorite authors and entrepreneurs, Chris Guillebeau, recently, everything is figure-out-able....
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 27, 2017 | Spiritual Stuff
Where is your place? Surrounded on all sides by other farms, the only way in is by a field road along the property line of two of them. These 84 acres have been in my family for over 120 years. I have never lived on this land, but my ancestors have. I may never be a...
