by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…Baseball great Dizzy Dean was famous for bragging about his prowess at the game. Maybe it’s time we acknowledge that some of our finest work is worth “crowing” about. We were fortunate to witness our daughter’s graduation from her...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…In his article “Reform ignores disabilities” Mike Ervin points out that this population has not yet even been invited to the table to participate in the discussion (Newsobserver.com, 9.19.09). Adults have to impoverish themselves even to qualify for...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
We just helped our oldest move into his first real apartment. The one he is paying for himself. It was different and less scary than when we left him, eyes blinking wide, at his dorm room at college. This time he’s an adult, embarking on an exciting life: with a...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…The reviewer for the book, The Mind’s Eye by Oliver Sacks, states in her New York Times review that “Sacks is most engaged by the process of compensation, how people make up for what they have lost…I found myself longing for the return of the...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…When the world is going crazy, when there’s little peace, where friends and family are losing jobs, and the fear grows steadily around us – what can we hold on to? If there was one answer, we would be living in hives. And it’s no answer to say...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…means a feeling of thankfulness or appreciation for a gift or favour. The poet Mary Oliver writes, in her poem Gratitude: “What did you notice?…What did you hear?…What did you admire?…What astonished you?…What would you like to see...
