Summer Institute On Theology and Disability
Posted: July 1, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload; mental fatigue, compensatory strategies, learning;dividing attention;cognitive overload;overstimulation, resting brain
I must admit, I was a bit nervous about going to the Summer Institute on Theology and Disability in Dallas June 16-20. Traveling is difficult for me due to all the stimulation and cognitive overload and I don’t do well in new environments. I need to be familiar with them because too much cognitive work, […]
Read more...Getting Organized (again)
Posted: May 30, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: iPad Mini, organization, overwhelmed
I’m getting involved in organizing a couple of things at church right now. Michael and I share an office and a desk at home which for the most part, works. I’m not good at sharing a computer and he really isn’t either – although he’s better at it than I am! It just doesn’t make […]
Read more...A Simple Sweatshirt
Posted: May 17, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: startle Response
It is cold this morning. I knew I needed to find a sweatshirt to wear when walking Sparky this morning so I pulled out this white one. The routine is to take Sparky for a walk, pick him up about two houses away and then put on his muzzle. I then give him a bath […]
Read more...On Putting Myself Down
Posted: May 12, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: grief
It’s second nature for me to always put myself down. I try not to for I know I have quite a few things to offer the world but I do it anyway. Someone once asked me if I put myself down now more after my brain injury than before. I wanted to answer “yes” because […]
Read more...Xanax?
Posted: May 6, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: creative, disability, stress
I had an appointment with Dr LeMauviel, my primary care physician, yesterday for a blood test to make sure the thyroid medication I’m taking is the correct strength. The appointment usually takes all of 10 minutes but this time she wanted to talk to me. To my chagrin, I waited for an hour for she […]
Read more...“Hope Arises!”
Posted: April 24, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
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Last Tuesday there was an Earth Day Celebration called “Hope Arises” at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Here is a picture of the clergy present who signed a letter to Duke Energy about closing their power plant. I wore my red stole as I did for the Moral Monday protests because we need the Spirit […]
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