Forgetting the Former Things
Posted: September 12, 2018 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Executive Function, Flooding, Vulnerability
Joyce sent the final manuscript of my book – Forgetting the Former Things: Brain Injury’s Invitation to Vulnerability and Faith to Wipf and Stock publishers on June 1. At first, she was going to edit my work but as the days progressed, it became clear my brain injury challenges made this impossible. I needed her […]
Read more...Asheville Women’s March
Posted: January 28, 2018 by Tamara Puffer
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The second annual women’s March in Asheville was Saturday, Jan.20 – a week ago. I didn’t attend last year but was determined to go this time. Michael had the flu for ten days so he couldn’t go with me. I don’t do well in large crowds due to brain injury limitations so I called a […]
Read more...Advent
Posted: December 4, 2017 by Tamara Puffer
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Yesterday was the first day of Advent, a time of expectation. It’s funny because I never really understood Advent as expectation before worshiping at Grace Covenant Presbyterian. When I was a kid, I expected to get lots of gifts but I knew that wasn’t what this meant. Under Mark Ramsey’s leadership, the sanctuary remained plain […]
Read more...Publishing Woes
Posted: November 11, 2017 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload; mental fatigue, Depression, Executive Function, flexibility, Frontal Lobe, memory, rainbow;moon; cognitive overload; initiation, Spirit, stress, structure
An experience happened to me this week that reminded me of the challenges of having a brain injury. I read an article run in the New York Times years ago this week. I shared it on Facebook with the following doctor’s quote lifted out. “People hold on to hope that just as when they survived […]
Read more...Summer Institute on Theology and Disability
Posted: July 4, 2017 by Tamara Puffer
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The folks at the Summer Institute for Theology and Disability are going to quit allowing me to attend! When I first attended in Toronto in 2013, I pushed it too hard and had to be hospitalized. Three institutes have gone by in three different cities where Michael went as my “attendant” and I managed well. […]
Read more...Departure
Posted: June 13, 2017 by Tamara Puffer
Michael and I attended the Summer Institute on Disability and Theology last week in LA. It’s a 3+ hour plane ride and a 3 hour time change. This was problematic for me which I’ll write about later. Today: trip home. Since the trip there was overwhelming for me, we decided to do everything in our […]
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