What gives you freedom?  Making your own decisions.  Being in charge of your schedule. Doing the activities you want to do. When we are little, independence means to escape the grasp of a parent with a milestone like crawling or walking. When we are teenagers, it is the freedom that comes with driving and being out unsupervised. When we become adults, it is moving out of the house. As we age, freedoms begin to change as limitations and health changes. Many seniors have led ac

Happy Annual National Nursing Assistants Week! At 36 Weeks pregnant I graduated with my Nursing assistant certification.  Thank you to my awesome class and teacher who will go on to serve the Lincoln community with heart and compassion. More than 2.5 million nursing assistants help our aging population live in their own homes, facilities,  and other long-term care settings. They provide nearly 80 to 90 percent of the direct care received by clients in long-term care facilitie

Begin by being thankful for what didn’t happen Learn the glad game and play it often Practice forgiveness-let go of resentments Look for the lesson in every experience Make gratitude a habit Express your gratitude Teach others how to be grateful Create your own fortune Discover a trouble tree, what’s a trouble tree? See below: Have you heard the story of the carpenter?  One day I was helping out a carpenter, he had a bad day. I drove him home and before he went into the house