I had become her interrupter as her Stroke caused a condition called global aphasia. In simple terms her mind was sharp, and she knew what she wanted to say but her communication center was damaged, and her sentences or phrases didn’t make sense. Example (Sitting at the dining room table reading the newspaper she looked out the window and saw a squirrel running across the back fence) “Oh my Look at the quorkil” she exclaimed. We saw the squirrel and had to laugh. From now on those brown furry-tailed things were Quorkils.
Tag: Oklahoma
Thunder Road
From the middle of April when the Meteorologist in the different Local stations begin to talk about the need to be prepared for severe weather. Personally, I stay with News9 with David Payne and his staff of meteorologist and Storm trackers. They are a committed group of people that work hard to keep the viewing…
Welcome To Spring
April Showers bring May Flowers… This is the rhyme we learned in grade school. Yes it is that time of year. Here in Oklahoma we love to see the spring except for the Pollen, Severe Weather, Hail Tornadoes… Wait, this is a positive post! Nature sometimes brings us a surprise in the weather patterns. This…
Christmas Decorations outdoors in Oklahoma – Continued
After Thanksgiving my Post about “Christmas Yard Decorations in Oklahoma” was mainly about how I loved to decorate for christmas each year and promised to bring pictures of my process back to you. What a difference a few days make. After waiting for the weather to cooperate and then cleaning out the front yard of…
Mid-Term Election Mania
The American public is inundated with the most horrible rhetoric I have experienced in my 40+ years of voting. In the national side how can you believe a party that is obstructionist and viciously attacked members of the opposing party in the press And have members that have called for violence / harassment of members…
Strike 3 and They’re OUT!
I admire the teaching profession, it takes a special person to desire to help another person learn and truly be concerned when they see the difficulty a child has in grasping the concept. Some of the best teachers have discovered a way to make learning fun. In the state of Oklahoma, teachers have been underpaid…
Open Letter to the Oklahoma State Legislature
First, I want it to be know that I do not expect the government to “FIX” everything and supply us with all our needs. What I do expect from our elected officials, also known as “Public Servants”, is to serve the Public and be consistently efficient.