Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “eldersmatter”
How do you tell stories? Do you have a favorite ice cream memory to share? Maybe it’s the first time your mom let you go to the store by yourself. Or maybe it’s that time your dad brought home ice cream for you after you lost a family member. Whatever the story, everyone has one, and they are worth telling! …
I had a really cool plan for the month but along with everything else, it had to change. I’m sure you can relate. While everyone works to adapt to a different normal and a new approach to staying engaged and being connected, there will inevitably be things that fall through the cracks. The stuff we don’t think about every day …
Recently I had the chance to visit my grandfather in his memory care home. It had been a number of years since I had seen him, so the changes in him were overwhelming evident. I knew going in that he would not be the person I remembered as a young woman. I also knew that he was still a human …
Why is Storytelling Important From the outset, I will tell you there are a litany of reasons. I could go on and on about how important storytelling is, but I won’t. I discuss some of it here. The gist is that human dignity can be restored through engaging conversations and storytelling. Yes, this is a really big promise. I have …
Restoring human dignity is one of those things that can feel really heavy, as do many of the things I talk about. But in this particular instance, I’m going to frame it in a way that is quite uplifting and wonderful. We can restore human dignity through engaged conversations, otherwise known as storytelling. Storytelling is the core and crux of …
