December 2009
5 posts
Notes from a New Year’s Eve Curmudgeon
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This post was contributed by Cindy Battles, a freelance writer based in Rutland, VT who’s been diagnosed with and managing bipolar disorder for many years.
I don’t go to New Year’s Eve parties. And thankfully, don’t get invited much anymore either...
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One Special Person
I have a special friend named Edna. She is 92 and full of life. I try to stop by her nursing home room every three weeks. Today, I brought her a paisley fringed scarf for Christmas, and you would have thought I’d given her the world! She promptly put it on, said it smelled nice (?), kept rubbing the soft fabric against her face.
Edna is blind. I took care of her when I worked as a Licensed...
Get REAL: Individual Development Accounts
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Let Go, ACT, Achieve
This post was contributed by Michael Roush, National Project Director for the National Disability Institute and “Chief Financial Officer” of his family.
Recently my sister-in-law, Laura, shared her experience of losing over 120lbs (awesome!) using Weight Watchers. Part of the process included letting go of the guilt of her past and the negative attachment she had with food; a...
Turn the Page
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This post was contributed by Cindy Battles, a freelance writer based in Rutland, VT who’s been diagnosed with and managing bipolar disorder for many years.
Consider that sometimes the only thing between you and your dream is… you. Meaning,...