We're in this together

A stressful event feels like it's 100% responsible for the stress we feel. However, research suggests the event itself is responsible for about 20% of the stress we feel.

The hook

I forgot one of my closest friend’s daughter was pregnant and so when she texted a photo of a beautiful newborn baby a month ago and said she was now officially a grandmother I was confused.

Baby doll

Over the weekend my mother and I put a puzzle together out in the common area of the memory unit where she lives.

Not so fast

I glossed over something a little too quickly in last week’s Wellness Wednesday in my story about nudging my mother off her unhappy track

Tell me a time

My mother has late stage Parkinson’s and has spent a fair amount of her time angry, in large part a progression of her disease

Can we just give it up for nurses?

That’s Caty Nixon in the photo below, a labor and delivery nurse at Medical City McKinney in Texas, headed to her sister’s house for emotional support after a long shift...

Animal intelligence.

A confusion.

“There’s been a misunderstanding...

From the wisdom of 2-year-olds

When you put a bowl of blueberries in front of a 2-year-old, in about 5 minutes you can probably guess what their face looks like.

Sing a little song

I started noticing a while ago that as soon as I got to work and opened my email, I would often start humming.