Kin-nect

04/07/2025

GOTTA LOVE THEM PUPPIES!!

12/01/2023

Overwhelmed with emotions. After 10 years, I was going to close Kin-nect, since I moved and the documentary doesn't look like it is going forward with the production company. . . too many broken promises. I already shut down the Kin-nect website. But today, I was chatting with my new dog's trainer. He is a retired police officer and also used to teach special education kids with emotional and learning disabilities. Now he is a K-9 trainer and does an amazing job. We are talking about joining forces and doing events at local assisted living homes with his dogs. More to come . . . Send positive thoughts and prayers!

04/29/2023

Lap quilts for people in wheelchairs…The Lovie Lap Quilt! Read more about it at Homesewn by Carolyn:
https://www.homesewnbycarolyn.com/lovie-lap-quilts.html

11/19/2022

Grammy Winner at 95 Years Young!!

“I promise you,” musician Angela Alvarez said in her acceptance speech. "It’s never too late.”

11/18/2022

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10/26/2022

Gotta Love It!!

The firefighter was asked why he laughed while saving this old woman...
He said that the elderly woman said to him: "You reminded me of my wedding night.." 😅

10/20/2022

Currently home to SIX , the theatre will become the Main Stem's first to be named for a Black woman.

10/13/2022

Living a Long Life is a Privilege, Savor The Journey!

Today I painted a new residents nails at work and as we were going over colors, she mentioned she wanted clear. The only thought that came to my mind was "CLEAR?! That's no fun." I asked her why she wanted clear and she said, "My hands are ugly, I don't want to draw attention to them." I then carefully responded with, "Your hands tell the story of your life. They tell the story of love, of care and adventure. These hands have touched and held things that most people can only wish to one day." And with that, she went with the color pink for her nails.
Sometimes what we are so insecure with, others find beauty in. 💖

Credit: Brandalyn Mae Porter

09/21/2022

Gotta Love Them Puppies!!

09/07/2022

Words Of Wisdom!

This 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coiffed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home yesterday. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.
“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room …. just wait.”
“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged, it’s how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice;
I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away, just for this time in my life.”
She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing.”
And with a smile, she said: “Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less, & enjoy every moment.
Photograph by Karsten Thormaehlen