Tuesday, June 1, 2010
A good SuMmEr ReAd!
Need a good Summer read?!!
Here are my latest recommendations!!
The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns- both by Khaled Hosseini
A Long Way Gone- Ishmael Beah
The Au Pairs & Skinny-Dipping- both by Melissa De La Cruz (A fun read)
Secret Society Girl Series-Diana Peterfreund (Another fun read)
Summer at Tiffany- Marjorie Hart
Dream When You're Feeling Blue- Elizabeth Berg
Any of Madeline Wickham or Sophie Kinsella books
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas & Sam's Letter's to Jennifer- both by James Patterson
All books by Emily Giffin
The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
Love Walked In & Belong to Me- both by Marisa de los Santos
Sarah's Key- Tatiana De Rosnay
All books by Nicholas Sparks
Aging Well- George E. Vaillant
Trophies- Heather Thomas (juicy drama!)
All books by Chelsea Handler GREAT LAUGHS! :)
Henry's Sisters- Cathy Lamb (great book, you will think your family is normal after that book, but you will cry!)
Still Alice- Lisa Genova GET YOUR KLEENX's READY!
American Legacy The story of John and Caroline Kennedy- C. David Heyman
That's it for Now! :)
Here are my latest recommendations!!
The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns- both by Khaled Hosseini
A Long Way Gone- Ishmael Beah
The Au Pairs & Skinny-Dipping- both by Melissa De La Cruz (A fun read)
Secret Society Girl Series-Diana Peterfreund (Another fun read)
Summer at Tiffany- Marjorie Hart
Dream When You're Feeling Blue- Elizabeth Berg
Any of Madeline Wickham or Sophie Kinsella books
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas & Sam's Letter's to Jennifer- both by James Patterson
All books by Emily Giffin
The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
Love Walked In & Belong to Me- both by Marisa de los Santos
Sarah's Key- Tatiana De Rosnay
All books by Nicholas Sparks
Aging Well- George E. Vaillant
Trophies- Heather Thomas (juicy drama!)
All books by Chelsea Handler GREAT LAUGHS! :)
Henry's Sisters- Cathy Lamb (great book, you will think your family is normal after that book, but you will cry!)
Still Alice- Lisa Genova GET YOUR KLEENX's READY!
American Legacy The story of John and Caroline Kennedy- C. David Heyman
That's it for Now! :)
One major accomplishment by 75
In my psychology class Wellness and Aging, we were given an assignment which had to be three pages long.
Three pages is nothing for me, however the project was a difficult one, it went a little like this:
Topic: What will I be like at 75?
When I look at residents at the nursing homes I have worked at I have often found so much beauty in the elderly life. One, so many of them have had great accomplishments, they have failed miserably but found ways to succeed. They have learned to gain knowledge in their mistakes, and accept the failures and move on. They have raised families, cherished a marriage, and loved deeply. I believe I have learned more in my two years as a nursing assistant than I have in school, yes I have learned organic equations that I will NEVER use again in my life thanks to Chemistry, or learned that Probability and Statistics is meant to make you feel dumb. However, the advice given from the elderly is so much more important in my mind. I was assigned a book called "Aging Well" by George E. Vaillant, M.D. it is supposed to be our text book, however it is more of a research novel of a study based apon college students that goes on throughout their whole lives, the book is a MUST read. The advice, stories, failures and success from the participants is moving and inspirational. Anyways back to my assignment prior to the paper we had to do a research paper on one person that has inspired us and who we look up to as a person who has done something to help better society at an adult age. As I thought about this it was hard for me to find someone who has done so much as to what I would hope I could do someday. The perfect person then came to my mind, Princess Diana! She was such an elegant and mature lady, she was by far perfect in many critics opinions but she tried her best. She was such a devotee to hospital charity, especially with cancer and children. She is my new inspiration and lady I look up to. It has been my dream since middle school to work with kids that have cancer, and if for some reason when I am all done with school I don't get a job that is directly involved with children who do have cancer I do hope to be very involved in charity and research projects to help find cures for childhood cancer. Not only did she devote many hours to children who have cancer but other aspects of hospital care. I have found that working in a nursing home nothing is as perfect as people from the outside hope to think. I will NEVER EVER put my family in a nursing home, the residents are such neglected individuals that it breaks my heart, and I feel bad that so many people work their asses off their whole life to what? Eventually be placed in a nursing home where they are treated like just another resident. So as I continue to write my paper I put my own twist into the assignment as far as my MAJOR two goals or accomplishments in my life would to be improve nursing homes as well as help find cures for childhood cancer. If there was all the money in the world I would open my own nursing home that would be a paradise for the elderly, I would have so many staff that the ratio would be insane, there would be so much more time and bonding between the residents and the workers, as well as so many different activities for the elderly to do for instance, bingo is not going to cut it. I would love to have a pool and spa available at all times of the day for the residents, a bowling alley, sewing rooms, a mini mock casino, smaller kitchens full of baking necessities as well as music rooms with pianos, guitars, drums, anything. I would love to, dream and fascinate over this dream nursing home I wish I could open. There would be so many different things to do residents would never "feel like they are in prison" as many of my residents say. As for staffing there would be a 3:1 ratio of residents to aides. I would also pay my aides more than they make now, because I wouldn't want people complaining how they work so hard and get paid so little, the bad attitudes rub off and residents can see it. It is not fair to them.
That is my thought of my assignment, as well as other accomplishments or where I see my self at 75 is all up in air, but I do hope to make a difference in peoples lives and help fight for residents rights in nursing homes, and fight cancer.
So my thought for you is, where do you see yourself at 75? Any thing you hope to do, wish to do or dreams to accomplish before then?
Three pages is nothing for me, however the project was a difficult one, it went a little like this:
Topic: What will I be like at 75?
When I look at residents at the nursing homes I have worked at I have often found so much beauty in the elderly life. One, so many of them have had great accomplishments, they have failed miserably but found ways to succeed. They have learned to gain knowledge in their mistakes, and accept the failures and move on. They have raised families, cherished a marriage, and loved deeply. I believe I have learned more in my two years as a nursing assistant than I have in school, yes I have learned organic equations that I will NEVER use again in my life thanks to Chemistry, or learned that Probability and Statistics is meant to make you feel dumb. However, the advice given from the elderly is so much more important in my mind. I was assigned a book called "Aging Well" by George E. Vaillant, M.D. it is supposed to be our text book, however it is more of a research novel of a study based apon college students that goes on throughout their whole lives, the book is a MUST read. The advice, stories, failures and success from the participants is moving and inspirational. Anyways back to my assignment prior to the paper we had to do a research paper on one person that has inspired us and who we look up to as a person who has done something to help better society at an adult age. As I thought about this it was hard for me to find someone who has done so much as to what I would hope I could do someday. The perfect person then came to my mind, Princess Diana! She was such an elegant and mature lady, she was by far perfect in many critics opinions but she tried her best. She was such a devotee to hospital charity, especially with cancer and children. She is my new inspiration and lady I look up to. It has been my dream since middle school to work with kids that have cancer, and if for some reason when I am all done with school I don't get a job that is directly involved with children who do have cancer I do hope to be very involved in charity and research projects to help find cures for childhood cancer. Not only did she devote many hours to children who have cancer but other aspects of hospital care. I have found that working in a nursing home nothing is as perfect as people from the outside hope to think. I will NEVER EVER put my family in a nursing home, the residents are such neglected individuals that it breaks my heart, and I feel bad that so many people work their asses off their whole life to what? Eventually be placed in a nursing home where they are treated like just another resident. So as I continue to write my paper I put my own twist into the assignment as far as my MAJOR two goals or accomplishments in my life would to be improve nursing homes as well as help find cures for childhood cancer. If there was all the money in the world I would open my own nursing home that would be a paradise for the elderly, I would have so many staff that the ratio would be insane, there would be so much more time and bonding between the residents and the workers, as well as so many different activities for the elderly to do for instance, bingo is not going to cut it. I would love to have a pool and spa available at all times of the day for the residents, a bowling alley, sewing rooms, a mini mock casino, smaller kitchens full of baking necessities as well as music rooms with pianos, guitars, drums, anything. I would love to, dream and fascinate over this dream nursing home I wish I could open. There would be so many different things to do residents would never "feel like they are in prison" as many of my residents say. As for staffing there would be a 3:1 ratio of residents to aides. I would also pay my aides more than they make now, because I wouldn't want people complaining how they work so hard and get paid so little, the bad attitudes rub off and residents can see it. It is not fair to them.
That is my thought of my assignment, as well as other accomplishments or where I see my self at 75 is all up in air, but I do hope to make a difference in peoples lives and help fight for residents rights in nursing homes, and fight cancer.
So my thought for you is, where do you see yourself at 75? Any thing you hope to do, wish to do or dreams to accomplish before then?
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