Busy, Busy, Busy
Posted: January 31, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
My experiment to try to be more involved with things is certainly a bit of challenge for me now. When I was in Atlanta, I often became overloaded cognitively which meant too much information was coming at me and the only way I could handle it was to shut out the world for a few […]
Read more...“On Our Way”
Posted: January 23, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: awareness, disability, Dr. Martin Luther King, journey, memory, mental fatigue, resting brain, survivor
Mark Ramsey and Kristy Farber, the two pastors at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church here in Asheville, NC are doing a sermon series on communion, baptisim, funerals and marriages. Last Sunday the day before Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Mark preached about funerals. I couldn’t help thinking, “Now how in the world is he going to […]
Read more...A Way in the Wilderness
Posted: January 18, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: creative, Depression, Isaiah 43:19-21, journey
My favorite Scripture is in my head today. “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert , to give drink to my […]
Read more...A New Year
Posted: January 17, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Choir, cognitive overload;, cognitive overload; overstimulation, creative, disability, over stimulation
I finally made the switch to WordPress. It is much easier to comment now so I do hope folks will take advantage of this. One doesn’t need to have a brain injury to comment but I really see this blog as a place where brain injury survivors can share their struggles as well as their […]
Read more...Holy Anticipation
Posted: December 20, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
Last night I had to be at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church for an alto rehearsal at 6 :15. Ever since my accident, I don’t see well in the dark. I don’t know exactly why this is or what happened to injure my eyes but something did. As a result, I don’t drive at night which […]
Read more...“Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”
Posted: December 17, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: resting brain, spatial orientation
In his column in the Asheville Citizen-Times yesterday, Roger Aiken wrote about a friend of his who was stricken with a brain aneurysm. He battled infections and the doctors thought he might not survive. He’s able to work now but the experience profoundly changed him. Aiken’s wrote about a manager’s meeting they both recently attended. […]
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