I tried not to show my nervousness.  I attempted not to show my frustration when I couldn’t get the Windows Media Player to do what I wanted when I wanted it…I injected humor whenever possible.  I admitted to the group that I was presenting this class as much for me as for them, explaining about my vascular dementia.  When asked if I would remember the class participants fifteen minutes after class, I laughingly said, “Probably not.”  It wasn’t a minute later, when I called the gentleman in class Frank, instead of Fred.  The group laughed.  Fred piped up, “And I even have a name tag on which you wrote!” I quipped back, “Well, now you know my secret!  Not only do I have no short term memory, I can’t see either!”   The group howled in laughter!

All in all, I believe the class on hearing and memory went well.  The lady in charge of programs at the senior center said she had gotten lots of good feedback.  That made me very happy.  I have four more senses to go, one class each month.  I can hardly wait!  In the meantime, there is still work to do to finish my other two parts.  By December, I want to have a presentation put together for the lady in charge…then, Part Two of “Strengthening Your Mind” will come alive!

George Eliot was right when he said we must hunger for the things that are good and beautiful.  But, I don’t think he went quite far enough for it is not enough to just hunger, or desire, something.  You must take that next step and go for it.  Try no matter how hard it may seem or how many obstacles you fear may loom ahead.  You’ll NEVER get what you long for unless you take that next step!