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Gerry Rasmussen's Tips for Balance of Care, shared with permission (and for all to beneFit)

on Sat, 05/20/2023 - 14:15
Taking care of myself so I can take care of others
This is a comment I posed about the balance between medication, diet and exercise. It is very simple. I thought it was worth a separate post. Everyone needs their own guidelines and practices for taking care of themselves, depending on their personal state of health and medical issues. I think these work well for most people.
Some people are against all medication. I am in strong favor of taking responsibility of my body. and doing whatever the best combination of self-discipline and wise use of medicine to do what my body needs.

Sharing Some Inspiring Thoughts to Get Us Through May (the G7 Meeting in Japan Today) and More!

on Fri, 05/19/2023 - 14:45

Hello and How Are Things?  Sharing lots on Livfully.org about planning for the summer with families and friends. 
Sometimes signing kids up for programs is easy-breezy...and other times it's more complicated if helping figure out
who can benefit from a donation (sounds like a nice problem to have, and there's lots to learn and appreciate about 
that from early on in life whether helping with allowances for kids and money management skills, household and personal
response-abilities and keeping track of agreements, transactions and much more! 

Follow through sounds great but what if 
things go a

So Key Points for More Parents and Care Teams to Factor Into Camps, Plans and More

on Fri, 05/19/2023 - 00:24

From the posts about helping a youth attend camp, many people pop in on a FB thread with all sorts of 'what are you talking about and is this legit?' type questions and comments. Mostly I applaud their interest and advocacy and hope to become more in sync with the efforts and info any may be up for thinking about and sharing.

A New Thread from the Talk About Providing Funding for Camp...What About for Elder Care?!

on Thu, 05/18/2023 - 01:32

In response to someone saying they didn't understand what I was discussing in the last two posts, I offered the following. Maybe It's Not About Camp but About Elder Care (and child care) that is needed but is not well-understood. Those are the Elephants In The Room! So here is that response...bear with me and one another as possible..

But here's another response I gave when someone said to find a camp I could donate to and not to donate to people directly even if seeming honest and so forth...

Thanks, Kate. That sounds nice but this certificate is one I purchased a couple years back.

Drawbacks to talking Things Over on FB or a Public Forum, But Some Pluses Too!

on Thu, 05/18/2023 - 00:46

Regarding the points about offering a partial scholarship or barter for a camp certificate and 'finding the right youth to attend', there were many negative comments about raising the topic publicly. Some said it was 'just too confusing to think about.' It got their heads spinning and it seemed over the top complicated. I had raised the idea of having a tag sale to raise funds or asked people to donate items etc.

That came up with one person saying they'd do that.

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