Category: Extraordinary things

The silver lining

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I love movies and have for a long time. When my boys were young there were movies we’d watch over and over and never grow tired of them. I’m still that way. I love the movies that surprise me at the end like Sixth Sense, The Others and Shutter Island. I love the romantic comedies, tear-jerkers and a good drama. I love the Pixar and Dream Works type animated movies, especially the ones that make me laugh. I am a sucker for sappy romance movies too.

I’m grateful that during many challenging times throughout my life, I’ve found the silver lining. Sometimes it’s not some ah-ha moment, divine wisdom or a sense of grateful lesson but a gift within the challenge.

My TBI was at the end of 2003. During 2008 and 2009 was by far the most challenging time of my decreased cognition. My short term memory was … well, very short. Some … well quite a bit of my long term memory wasn’t so good either.

The most entertaining silver lining as a result of my TBI came during 2008 and 2009 when my cognition was at it’s worst. I could watch movies over and over again and not remember a thing. Even the movies I had on VHS that I had watched for years became new again. It was fabulous! The only one I didn’t like was City of Angels because every time, the ending would rip my heart out and each time, I never saw it coming.

I am grateful for all the silver linings that I’ve been fortunate enough to recognize.

My how technology has changed

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As you can tell from the title, I’m about to date myself. That’s okay, I’ve never been one to mind aging.

Although I worked on computers at work (starting with the dos age), I got my first home computer in 1994. I had been traveling for work and they handed me a laptop. That was fun. And yes, that last comment smells of sarcasm. I became very proficient, very quickly because loosing reports was not pleasant.

My first home computer was a Gateway. I believe it was 75 MHz and 256 mg hard drive. Not much by todays standards but it was top notch at the time. I remember one time when I was on the phone with tech support. The guy I was talking to had worked on computers years before in the military.

At one point we were talking about hard drive capacity. He said he believed that one day computers would have a gig hard drive. I can remember thinking how ridiculous that was. Now I have a tiny 2 TB thumb drive.

I am constantly in awe of technology and what my little smart phone can do. Little in comparison to that old computer I had.

Fireflies – We’re never too old

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In the mid-90’s I was working in Tennessee. I spent two-three weeks at a time there. One of the gals I worked with and her husband took me to dinner one evening. We went to the New Orlean’s Manor. It was daylight when we went in to the restaurant.

The sun had gone down by the time we came out. There was a yard right out front, across from the driveway. There were twinkling lights all over in the yard. I asked what the twinkling lights were.

Fireflies! OMG. I had never seen a firefly other than on tv. I ran out into them like I was 7 years old. I was in awe of them. I feel a twinkle in my heart and get warm fuzzies every time I think of them.