Debbie Laino - Certified MAP Coach

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11/17/2024

Wonderful 🩷

Your mind is one of the most powerful tools available for healing, more powerful than any medication available. As you drift off to a deep, uninterrupted sl...

11/10/2024

I’m going to try this!

11/10/2024

Love this idea!!

11/01/2024

Omg!! This dog is amazing! I’ve heard of these mechanisms that help dogs communicate with people. So smart, so sweet🩷🩷🩷🩷

10/31/2024

I’m so obsessed with Virgin River, that I’m watching the series for the 3rd time to get ready for season 6 on Dec. 19th. Hopefully I’m at the tail end of being sick for over 2 weeks. And I figure Ive got the time for movies and series🤣 are there any Virgin River fans out there?

10/31/2024

09/20/2024

Beautiful💝💝💝

What gives you a sense of awe? You might imagine standing on a wide-open plain with a storm approaching, or holding the tiny finger of a newborn baby. That w...

09/17/2024

05/15/2024

Thank you Kim Monsipapa for sharing this poem with me today! I needed it.

For those of you who may not know....my mom and my husband both are in Long term Care with Dementia. My hubby is in late stage Alzheimers. This poem touched my heart today!

When I am older
I might not remember
I might get confused
And I might lose my temper

And there may be times
When I don’t know your name
Because it’s been trapped,
Locked away in my brain

And though it will hurt
To think I could forget you
Offer me smiles,
Hold my hand if I’ll let you

And talk of adventures
We had long ago
Show me the photos
Of people I know

Play music we’ve danced to
And songs we have sung
Read me the books I read
When I was young

‘Cause your voice and your words
Might just be the key
That opens the door -
That unlocks it for me

And maybe the music
Will spark tiny embers
Of memories dormant
And I will remember

Your name and your face
And the words to our song
The times and the places
To which I’ve belonged

And it might last moments
Or minutes or more
As the fire sheds light
Through the crack in the door

But when the door closes
And gone are the flames
When you are once more
A stranger again

Just know you’ll have stirred something
Deep down inside
Something familiar
That I recognise

Something that’s real
That’s not stored in my head
But right at the core
Of my heart space instead

Something that’s stirred
By your smiles and your stories
The touch of your hand
And the songs you sing for me

And though I’ll have no words to tell you
Just trust
That deep down inside
I’ll remember

I’m loved

*****

Becky Hemsley 2022
Beautiful artwork by Lisa Aisato

Today marks the start of Dementia Action Week - an annual campaign run by Alzheimer's Society to raise awareness of ways we can work together to take action on dementia.

This poem is called Embers and Keys and is in the book 'Letters from Life' https://a.co/d/17LrMHGiww