Category Archives: This is the Beginning

This spring, I drove to Tucson to direct a church choir for the weekend. I live in Phoenix, 2 hours away, and was starting to get used to the heavy truck traffic on Route 10. One truck barreled by me, … Continue reading →

Jane Fonda: Life’s third act | Video on TED.com. “Everything you have in life can be taken from you except one thing: your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. This is what determines the quality of … Continue reading →

The essential is this: if you tell a person his or her best stories of life, and make them available (written, photo-displayed, posted on the ‘puter), then everybody wins: 1) you the caregiver, because you have great stories on your … Continue reading →

I taught an art class this spring. We started the session by singing patriotic songs (it was Memorial Day weekend). These participants of few words sang every word of every song with love in their eyes and told stories of brothers who … Continue reading →

MVI_6248 from Tryn Rose on Vimeo. Tryn Rose (Clark) Seley: Channel 3 News filmed “With Art in Mind” art class. Click on the purple link above to see the video. I am privileged to spend this kind of time with … Continue reading →

I read a recent LA Times article about aggressive behavior that can sometimes happen for a person with dementia. Usually I’d share strategies that might soothe a struggling person. But I’m here today to say, please get help if you … Continue reading →

May this home provide a place for you to take a breath, to sit awhile, to know you’re doing the best you can as a caregiver, and know that you can create a spark of life in yourself and in … Continue reading →

“When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to … Continue reading →