Changing Internet Providers
Posted: June 3, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: flexibility
I had to change Internet providers because I no longer can get the signal from the local one I’ve been using. This has been a huge issue. I’m glad that my husband is well versed in anything related to the computer because it has thrown me for a loop. I’m amazed at how much I […]
Read more...Speech
Posted: May 16, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
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In the past few weeks, I was liturgist at GCPC and I preached at Circle of Mercy. These experiences got me thinking about my speech and how it was right after my injury. In many respects, I am very fortunate since the part of my brain that handles speech was not affected but I know […]
Read more...Dividing my Attention
Posted: May 9, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: attention, resting brain
Before becoming a brain injury survivor, I never realized how difficult it is to filter out noise. When I’m in a room with many people talking and I’m trying to carry on a conversation with someone, I must be able to block out all the other voices. My brain was injured in such a way, […]
Read more...Poor Brain Injury Survivors
Posted: May 6, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: overstimulation, resting brain
I’m on a team of folks working with a man who was homeless but now lives in an apartment. The program is called “Hope to Home” and it consists of folks from various faith communities. It’s difficult living in regular housing once one has lived on the streets. The man with whom I am working, […]
Read more...The Woman at the Well
Posted: May 2, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
I preached my first person sermon on the woman at the well yesterday at Circle of Mercy. It went well. I had written it a couple of weeks ago but I wasn’t happy with it. I practiced it Saturday morning and it hit me what was wrong. I made some changes and it improved greatly. […]
Read more...After the Resurrection
Posted: April 26, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
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When Lent began I looked forward to a season of growth. I planned to use Ed Hays book, The Mountain of God for my devotional. I did use it but the season was not a season of growth for me at all. In fact the only thing I liked about it was being able to […]
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