identify your memory techniques

Identify your Memory Techniques

Long summer days and nights bring fun, warmth, and many memories in the making. Capturing these memories can be as elusive as containing a firefly on a breezy, summer evening. As we continue our #SummerToRemember series, let’s identify your memory techniques which are are best to record all your moments. We all have our go-to … Read more

Capture Summer memories

Capture Summer Memories

Wanting to enhance my own memories and help educate others on memory issues are both part of the impetus behind our #SummerToRemember series. No matter our season of life, we all want to capture summer memories. But how? When asked for memory tips my answer is always the same: pay attention. It’s as easy and … Read more

choose to remember

Choose to Remember

Life is made up of choices. Everyday we make myriads of choices including whether or not we choose to remember. Not doing something is also a choice. We either choose TO DO or NOT to do something. Either way it’s a choice. All these decisions can be overwhelming and daunting, especially as we age. Our … Read more

celebrating with dementia

Celebrating with Dementia

If you know or love someone experiencing dementia symptoms for any reason, there are many tough decisions. One that is often overlooked is celebrating with dementia. How to help them stop driving, manage finances, and live alone are some of the biggest. But it’s also the myriad of small day to day decisions which also … Read more

honoring traditions

Honoring Traditions

“Tradition, tradition!” The lyrics of the Fiddler on the Roof song echo in our heads whenever honoring traditions are discussed. We all have traditions with family, friends, coworkers or our community. They are a good way to spark memories, create new moments, and have something to look forward to in our lives. But sometimes we … Read more