Truthful Loving Kindness
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| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Disabled; Dementia patient |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | 56yo happily-married woman with 4 adult children, 2 grandchildren, 1 Newfoundland dog, 1 cat & 4 Jersey Giant chickens. Life goal is to reflect Creator’s Truthful Loving Kindness; changing name reminds myself & others of that importance. Energy gained as Introvert; I don’t “do” fluffy small-talk, but also was college theatre major & excelled in public speech. Emotionally “constant”; I avoid emotional roller-coasters. Emotionally healthy per psychiatrist, with strong history of grief work. Dementia patient showing good benefits from Aricept. |
| Interests | Activities; enjoy research/analysis, & creating anything from designing a sewing pattern to creating a book or theatre character. Spiritually; years of training in biblical languages & Christian systematic theology, but currently worship in Reformed Judaism. Physically active; walking 1-2 miles daily, but many disease complications. Diseases include Celiac, Lyme, Babesia, Osteoporosis, & probably Lewy Body Dementia; began Aricept Jan 2014. Typology; INTP. Faction: strong crossover between abnegation & candor values, with strong erudite skills. Politically; very tolerant conservative. Culturally; enjoy reading, whimsical art, exercise/dance, needlework/sewing, orchestra/soothing vocals, pluck nevel harp. Architecture; our home (I drew all blueprints) is strong Craftsman style, with wrap-around porch & lots of hand-made detail. Personal style is Old-fashioned; usually wearing work suspenders or a long dress with apron, & I like hats or scarves. |
| Favorite movies | Under Our Skin, My Fair Lady, Amazing Grace, I Am David, Mao's Last Dancer, Starman, The Sacketts, Tuesdays with Morrie, Star Trek, |
| Favorite music | Joshua Bell, Secret Garden, Frankie Lane, Kenny G, Enya, Nathan Pacheco, Yanni, Nat King Cole, Yo-Yo Ma, Bing Crosby, Bobby McFerrin, Josh Groban, Randy Travis, Larry Adler, Perry Como, Moya Brennan, Marty Robbins, Peter Paul & Mary, Jerry Vale, RainSong First Nations, John Michael Talbot, Norman Luboff |
| Favorite books | Torah, I Asked for Wonder by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Deeper into the Soul (Beyond Dementia and Alzheimer's toward Forgetfulness Care) by Nader Robert Shabahangi PhD & Bogna Szymkiewicz Phd, Dancing with Dementia by Christine Bryden, The Right Dog for You by Daniel Tortora, A Mechanical Translation of the Book of Genesis by Jeff A. Benner, (also same for Exodus), (The books of) Psalms and Proverbs, (The book of) James, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, "The Beast that Crouches at the Door" & "The Queen You Thought you Knew" by David Fohrman, The NET Bible (New English Translation by Biblical Studies Press), The Decoration of Houses by Alexandra Stoddard, Time for Yesterday by Ann C. Cripin, |
Sponges and tongues are frequently misspelled. Is it because both are thirsty?
Favorite Quotes: "G-d is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance." -- Abraham Joshua Heschel in book "I Asked for Wonder", "I could have danced all night" - movie My Fair Lady