Stories to inspire love, kindness and giving back.
Mrs. Calabria
How one teacher with Alzheimer’s disease forgets how many lives she touched yet remembers how much she was loved. This chapter is from my memoir I See Old People and describes my visit with a memory care resident who suffers from Alzheimer’s and recalls her teaching years. Fifty percent of book proceeds are donated to…
A “charming” find
Finding happiness and joy can be as simple as finding a hidden treasure. There’s a story to be found in almost anything. You can often find the story inside a delightful keepsake. I found my narrative this morning within the symbols of a charm bracelet. I was rifling through my mostly costume jewelry assortment when…
Stories shape our world
To align with my purpose of helping seniors, I’m proud to announce that I’m donating 50% of my book royalties to the Alzheimer’s Association through December 31st, 2021. From the time we are young, we’re born to love stories. They teach us about life, they inform our decisions, and they help us understand our desires…
Give back. Be Compassionate. Inspire Dreams.
To align with my purpose of helping seniors, I’m proud to announce that I’m donating 50% of my book royalties to the Alzheimer’s Association through December 31st, 2021. It was an incredible journey (over 10 years to be precise) to write my memoir I See Old People. There were over a hundred stops and starts, an…
Gut instincts
As I finished writing my book I See Old People and preparing it for publication, I began to understand how my internal battles within myself were almost always 99% correct. I’m talking about that small voice in your head that says, I should say something to the person in front of me or I should…
It’s never too late, for anything.
The best things that happened to me happened when I decided to make an appearance. Jeanne corvese hussin When I was writing my book, I began writing stories about my visits with seniors and how they changed my view of the world. I didn’t have a roadmap for where my stories would take me or…
Anybody Wanna Leg?
Here’s a humorous excerpt from my book, I See Old People, now available on Amazon. It provides some flavor into my early years and the role my parents played in raising my brother Russell. To read more about my book, click here. My younger brother Russell was born without a fully formed foot. Instead, he…
Laughter
Find my book, I See Old People, on Amazon beginning June 15th. If you want to sign up to be notified, contact me here. I turned the magic of improvisation and my “wanna be actress” skills into a super power and it lit up the room. As I visited seniors living with dementia or Alzheimer’s,…
Finishing or just getting started?
I’m nearing the corner of putting my book on Amazon. Honestly, I didn’t believe I would ever finish writing my book. Like a lot of my stop and start projects, it began as a whimsical idea, a fantasy, a nice-to-have for my bucket list, a dream, a wish; a hope that I could write a…
Change
Here’s a modified excerpt from my memoir I See Old People – due out on Amazon early summer. Read more about my heartwarming romance book here: https://www.kindconversations.com/i-see-old-people/ It’s hard to believe it’s been 5 years since I packed all of my belongings and moved from California to Seattle to start my second chapter with my…
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