by kelly | Apr 23, 2022 | Daily Courier, Everything Else, Prescott, AZ
“Most people that meet Trevor just think that he’s really shy,” his mom Stacy Guglielmotti told me. “He doesn’t always make eye contact. They don’t necessarily know he’s autistic, but they know he’s different.” April is Autism Acceptance month and the hashtag...
by kelly | Apr 9, 2022 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ
The other day I was giving a tour of our assisted living to a lady who is 100 years old. She brought her children along, who are visiting from out of town. She’s not quite ready to give up living on her own in her senior apartment but wanted to show her kids where she...
by kelly | Feb 26, 2022 | Daily Courier, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ
The other night we were enjoying dinner at a local restaurant, and the Winter Olympics were on in the background. It was the four-man bobsled event, and I nudged my husband and pointed at the TV. “I think I would have been good at bobsledding,” I said. He laughed at...
by kelly | Jan 29, 2022 | Daily Courier, Hospice & End Of Life, Prescott, AZ
It’s hard to know what to expect when you sit in a room full of strangers to talk about death. It’s a topic that most of us don’t like to think about, even though we’re all going to get there someday. Which is one of the reasons a man named Jon Underwood started the...
by kelly | Jan 15, 2022 | Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ
A dozen years ago, when people were publishing books about cooking every recipe in Julia Child’s cookbook or the life-changing results of writing a thank you note a day for a solid year, I decided it would be a great time to start a blog about learning something new....
by kelly | Dec 18, 2021 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Friends, Prescott, AZ, Senior Living
“I have 50 Christmas mugs filled with hot chocolate and an inspirational verse tucked inside. A lady named Yvonne said you might be able to find a home for them.” I love getting these kinds of phone calls, especially since a coworker and I had just been brainstorming...