by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 19, 2014 | Resilience
Marcy Gardenhire passed away in 2010 after a long struggle with cancer. She lived and died better than most people I’ve ever known. A few years ago, she wrote these words of encouragement that kept her going: Faith. By far, this is the best place to start. Have...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 12, 2014 | Serendipity
Do you have any friends who are like free entertainment? Mike is one of those friends for me. Every time we get together for lunch or coffee, he seems to have a story that no one could possibly make up. Preparing for his sister’s wedding a few years ago, Mike was...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 3, 2014 | Caregiving
If you had to boil your story down to one sentence, what would it be? Essentially, this exercise demands that we know the point of our stories. Surviving adversity, finding true love, experiencing rare friendship, our stories will be most effective if they have a...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 29, 2014 | Caregiving
Challenge. Choice. Outcome. Perhaps these three words could form the template for your story. Often, we get stuck in challenge. But, we have choices about how we interpret and talk about those challenges! While we may tend towards either/or story telling,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 23, 2014 | Caregiving
Sometimes in the telling of our stories, we get stuck. Stuck? Yes. Here are a few common contributors: 1. Guilt. We may have trouble forgiving ourselves. To be sure, we all make mistakes in the course of living through adversity. Even with all of the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 15, 2014 | Caregiving
Orientation. Disorientation. Reorientation. This is one way that my wife and I think about our 10 year journey of caregiving and chronic illness. My wife has lived with Dermatomyositis for 10 years as of this summer, and I am very proud of her. She continually...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 31, 2014 | Serendipity
One week ago today, my daughter and I were at a Colorado Rockies baseball game. Our family was on the last day of a Colorado vacation/family visit which took us through Fort Collins, Estes Park, and Denver. Settled in to our seats, enjoying the game, eating...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 28, 2014 | Resilience
1. Keep your mouth closed. You imbibe less water that way. Ahh yes. Things often go much better when I keep my mouth closed. 2. Go to the bathroom BEFORE you get in the pool. Lesson: Preparation helps us avoid embarrassment. 3. The diving board isn’t as...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 20, 2014 | Spiritual Stuff
Full blast, ready to go, up and at ’em! Go! Go! Go! Hurry from this call to that meeting to this catch-up work. Two months behind and getting behind-er all the time. Too many meetings and no time to do what we decided to do in the meetings! Run here, run there,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 11, 2014 | Resilience
As you step into the groove of resilience, you may be shocked to find yourself serving again. You will not sit back, self-satisfied that you made it, hoping you never face another challenge. Rather, you will help other people once more! The interesting thing about...
