Mind of my Stroked Brain

When you brush your teeth in the morning, do you remember if you keep your eyes opened or closed initially when you take the brush to the teeth? Check tomorrow morning if you are not sure 🙂 before my stroke, I used to have my eyes closed when I started brushing. I don't know why I used to do it, but that is what I did. Maybe it is some sort of a reflex to close the eyes when we open the mouth wide - I don't know. For about 3½+ years I didn't brush my teeth. It was cleaned by my nurses with some gauze dipped in mouthwash and cleaning what they could with artery scissors. In the last couple of months I have been using an electric toothbrush as I have the strength to hold it and move it around a bit. I still can't use toothpaste as I can't rinse my mouth with water. I still just dip the toothbrush in mouthwash and swirl it around a bit.  Every morning I think about this - because I keep my eyes open when I start now.  Even with my eyes open wide, I am unable to bring ...

I was chatting with my friend this morning and the subject of kids growing up too fast came up. More importantly kids instead of enjoying their childhood longer, wanting to grow up faster, earn faster, etc. Basically be independent faster... I think it's us adults to blame. In every instance, when we have to deny them something, we tell them they are not old enough to do things, they can do it when they earn their own money, they can do as they please after they are adults, till then they have to listen.. I think it puts a subconscious craving to do things to feel grown up... I think we should be more creative and less practical in our responses, to feed their childhood imagination more and adulthood practicality less. So when do we stop feeding crazy stuff... I don't know. I feel at some stage they will automatically start rejecting these crazy ideas and start probing us for the real thing... That's when i think we know that they are ready for practical answers.. PS: For ...