Ninasusan

Happiness gently landed on my shoulders

Ninasusan

  • What You Do For Friends in Dementialand (aka What I Learned From My 5th Grade Teacher Mr. V)

    Originally posted on When Dementia Knocks: Flashback. I am in the 5th grade at Mulberry Elementary School. There is a girl in my class who I will call Mindy. Mindy has special needs. She’s very sweet but doesn’t quite fit in as hard as she tries. She’s obsessed with Iowa Hawkeye football and never misses… Read more

  • Having a reading nest….

       Laying in bed this morning, listening to the morning floor creaks and his morning habits, I felt the need to delve into why he likes to wake up and immediately have both feet on the floor; and how I like to lay there and move my legs around the disheveled sheets searching for a… Read more

  • That slo-mo time between diagnosis and surgery..

    I’m not exactly sure where I’ve drawn from to make it between March 9 to June 9….kidney cancer diagnosis day to scheduled surgery day.  I’ve had two “on the ledge” days where I had to lean on someone else to make it through the agonizing fear and the sobs….and I will say the extra special… Read more

  • Powell Botanical Gardens and much, much more….

    This beautiful botanical gem is 20 minutes from our house.  I messaged Jenny last night to see if there were any botanical gardens or arboretums close by – I wanted to surprise him with a little road trip that I knew he would enjoy.  She hadn’t been to Powell yet but had heard it was… Read more

  • Why Dementialand Needs an Orientation

    Originally posted on When Dementia Knocks: There’s a lot people don’t tell you about dementia. The doctor says your loved one has dementia. Maybe it’s Alzheimer’s. Maybe it’s Vascular Dementia, Lewy-Body, or Frontotemporal Dementia. The doctor only has a limited amount of time because that’s how our medical system works. You go home. No one… Read more

  • Where are my glasses?….

    I should keep track some day of the amount of time I spend looking for things…mainly my glasses!  They are always where I left them or the last place I look. We went to the K (Kauffman Stadium) last night with all of the Vapur stores …My first time to see the Royals play…he and I… Read more

  • Okay…someone explain this to me because I’m dissatisfied!

    When I lived in Iowa.  Dr Phil was going from channel 8 – CBS to channel 5 – ABC.  When I finally changed over to the Kansas City station – Dr Phil is still on CBS.  Live with whats-her-name and Michael Strahan were on CBS or ABC in Iowa…here they are on FOX.  Don’t these… Read more

  • Neighborhood mowing day etiquette, garbage day etiquette, social media etiquette….

    I’ll begin by saying..ya…I know…I need to find something to do today if I have time to think about these things… I haven’t lived in a neighborhood setting since I was a kid – around 18.  Living in the country on 2 1/2 acres you just mow your grass when you want to mow it.… Read more

  • That feeling you get when you realize OH CRAP…what have I been doing.

    That was an intended pun…btw For the sake of total transparency here….I have not been one that closes the toilet lid before I flush the toilet.  There are those members of my family *cough – daughters who have tried to educate me to the facts of toilet spray. ya ya ya. My standard operating procedure… Read more

  • Just another sinful Sunday….

    Listen carefully to what this person is going to say.  She is at IHOP in Lee’s Summit.  She is waiting for her ham and egg omelet stuffed with cheese and her add-on 4 cinnamon roll pancakes which she is going to smother with butter pecan syrup.  She is going to do this because she ate… Read more