*Note: this blog post was published on February 18th 2013. I had the date in the first sentence marked at February 18, 1979 when in fact it should have been February 19, 1979* * On February 19, 1979 on a cold winter morning 34 years ago… it was a typical start to the day for my grandmother even though she was about 64 years old then. She made her way to the barn that day to go feed and … [Read more...]
Our journey with Heilkunst began out of frustration with the medical system and what it had to offer our son who has autism. One day about 14 years ago I remember sitting in our family physician’s office. I recall sharing with him the frustrations I had about my son’s overall wellbeing and the challenges that came with the autism. Some of it had to do with his health in general but most … [Read more...]
I would love to share with you a compilation of my most popular blog posts for 2012 to date. I began writing and sharing on my website at the end of April this year. It truly warms my heart to see that the blog posts I had written for both of my children on their birthdays were amongst the top 5 most popular blog posts this year. Now I share with you the top 5 in order of the most popular … [Read more...]
The movie that I am sharing with you here will awaken and stir things in you there's no doubt. As I got ready to sit down for a few hours this afternoon to knit I decided I needed to also be watching something at the same time. I had bookmarked a few movies from a blog post I had read a few days ago named Consciousness Video Resources from the website Blissed Life. Today I watched the first video … [Read more...]
It makes a while that I feel somewhat stuck with regards to my son who has autism. Stuck in the space that I call I know that I don’t know. A few years ago someone shared with me information about this tool called the Conscious Competence Ladder that explains the 4 stages of learning. It was a concept I had never heard of and I wondered how I could apply it to my life. Recently I took the … [Read more...]
Yesterday I drove out to the big city. I had a couple of appointments. My first stop was to see a Bowen Therapy practitioner that was recommended to me. I have a bunion on one foot that’s bugging me lately, and if I ever want to walk the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage with my sister I better make sure for one that my feet are in tip-top shape. Not that we’re going any time soon, but there’s … [Read more...]
Well I believe that I may be ahead of the game with fall house cleaning. This past weekend I was also wondering what the real meaning of Labour Day was all about. I wondered if it had anything similar to do with us labouring with fall house cleaning instead of spending it having fun one last long summer weekend. I didn't think so. But in the end I must admit the few days that we spent cleaning … [Read more...]
Around our home there are lots of upside down Kleenex boxes. It seems like such a silly thing yet it describes the extent to which our son needs these boxes to look like. They aren't only upside down Kleenex boxes... but one where the tissue must not show at all, so it gets jammed off to one corner of the box in a nice tight little bundle making it a challenge to grab a hold of a tissue without … [Read more...]
