I have become a reluctant outdoors-person. Maybe it is the prescribed shot-glass of sunscreen every 2 hours to protect from melanoma recurrence and thyroidectomy scar or the magnetism I have for ticks and mosquitoes . . . I prefer rainy days at this point. Maybe it is because of the fear of clogging the spa filters and the pool boy’s angst . . . and maybe it appears pitiful. But I am meeting myself in my reality–for today.

Technology, like this video, gives me a range of options our parents’ did not have. We live in a beautiful world at a wonderful time–a mantra technology can support. Should you choose wisely. We speak of care partners to show the balance of independence, to provide more autonomy and able-ism. But we need to remember that we are equally in need of meeting ourselves in our reality as meeting them in theirs. If asking Alexa or Google to tell us when to start dinner or play a scratch-free favorite tune, by all means use the technology. Once we said high touch instead of high tech. It is not an either or, instead it is a both. Remember that for you and for your care partner.