While many Fourth of July public celebrations, fireworks shows, and festivals have were cancelled due to the COVID-19 health pandemic, many of these activities have returned for the 2022 holiday, along with individuals, groups, communities and neighborhoods conducting their own fireworks. For many with traumatic brain injury (TBI), cognitive conditions, and neurodiversity, fireworks can trigger (more…)
Prioritize peace. If it nurtures, calms, and revitalizes you, make time for it. If it stresses, distresses, or depresses you, reconsider it.
“We are the good news that we have been looking for. Demonstrating that every dusk holds a dawn disguised within it. Today we don’t burst into a new world. We begin it.” Amanda Gorman The BEST E-newsletter is out. View it here. Aren’t a subscriber yet? It’s fast, easy, and secure. (more…)
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Before I experienced a stroke, the word stroke just pretty much meant to me the following definitions and images: petting a fluffy kitten; swinging a golf club; or a metaphor, as in, a stroke of luck. Why do those benign and innocuous ideas share the same name as one of the most deadly and horrific (more…)
First Day of Summer 2022: Oh, Summer. We’ll never tire of you. Hello and welcome! 🌞🌻🦋💛
