The heart pumps blood throughout the body via the circulatory system, supplying oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removing carbon dioxide and other wastes. The brain controls all functions of the body, interprets information from the outside world, and embodies the essence of the mind and soul. Intelligence, creativity, emotion, and memory are a few of…
On this beautiful early Sunday morning we’d be sitting on the deck discussing where we’d hike later that day, or maybe a mellow bike ride with not too many hills. I’d ask him about the book he was reading last night. While he easily devours chapters, I struggle reading in bed. My eyelids instantaneously get…
Like many who’ve had to deal with some pretty heavy stuff, I was constantly being thrust into the unknowns, knowns and figuring out how to live somewhere in between it all. Take Alzheimer’s, then have it happen to a young healthy person in what should be their prime years. My husband started leaving when he…