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Why Gratitudes? It’s a little way to help relieve the caregiver stress and depression. Just listing your gratitudes every day can bring everything into perspective — and bring new joy into your life.

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Embodiment of a Theory

April 16, 2009

I recently went to a talk on the Hyperbolic Crochet project at the Scottsdale Public Library…and viewed the gorgeous handcrafted coral reef that was made to illustrate the geometric theory of hyperbolic space.
The handicraft was easily made, but illustrates mind-bending concepts that scientists never understood until now. And via the handicraft, we realize that [...]

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Give a doll to an Alzheimer’s patient, and watch her light up with joy. For patients in the deepest throes of Alzheimers, a doll is an invitation to return to the happiest, most loving parts of the past. For women, it’s often the time when they were young mothers. A doll can help that overwhelming [...]

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I call nine blessings from above
In the name of God: the creator, the giver of life, the holder of time
In the name of Jesus: the savior, the healer, the lifter of pain.
In the name of the Spirit: the comforter, the consoler, the sustainer of life.
I knit a mantle of caring
I knit a mantle of protection
I [...]

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