Brenda's Brainstorm & Trevor, a T Man Production 2009 - 2022

Trevor here, with our first blog post of the year. This one is going to be so exciting to share with you. Brenda has been busy with several different projects, some of which are continuing. She has really found what makes her happy. She has always been a kid at heart and that is why our theme of an 'Inner Child' was chosen for this tale. Brenda has loved "Our Gang" or "The Little Rascals", since she was a young girl. She remembers one Sunday afternoon, during a storm that they had something on TV, she had never seen before. Her mother started to tell her about these little episodes or shorts that these talented children made. She has been hooked ever since. They were even on right after school each afternoon and Brenda would run home, (back in the day, when she could run) so that the TV would be warmed up in time to watch. I guess you had to actually wait for the TV to warm up, as it was a Setchell Carlson with a combination radio. You had to even walk up ...

Trevor here again, with our monthly post. This time is going to be about a subject, that not many people want to talk about and that is grief. Grief can occur in many forms. It doesn't have to be a loss of a loved one or friend. It can be saying goodbye to things that we love, because of our health. That was the case with Brenda. We are however, going to share about some of the losses that Brenda has experienced in her own family. She lost her beloved sister Bev, in 2003 to colon cancer. Bev was the core of Brenda's family, so that was a great loss. Brenda loved Bev very much, as she was always encouraging her to try new things. She would be so proud of Brenda now. I never met Bev, but from what I have heard, she was loved by so many. Shortly after Bev's passing, Brenda's father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He took Bev's death really hard and Brenda thinks, that was his breaking point. It was a long four years, seeing him slip away gradually, as...

Trevor here again, with another tale to share with you. Brenda will once again be sharing from her heart. She has a lot to get off of her chest and writing is the best way, to gradually peel off all these layers of self-doubt, feeling excluded and just not fitting in period. Something she knows is overrated. I will now let her share. Thanks again Trevor, for that wonderful introduction. As a bit of background, I came from a family of 5 girls. I am the youngest and have always felt, like I never quite measured up. I was the sickly child who struggled in school, almost having to repeat the 4th grade, because of so many days missed. I ended up with bronchial pneumonia and landed in the hospital and broke out with the measles. The only thing that saved me from not having to repeat that grade, was the fact that by some miracle, I was able to keep up with all of my homework. I had a really great teacher that year, who made learning so much fun. She was actually the one that picke...

Hi, it's Trevor and I am going to be introducing this tale, which Brenda will go on to tell, in her own words. A lot has been going on in Brenda's life and there are some events and experiences, that she will be sharing. Some of what she will be sharing is very difficult, but as the word cathartic means, as an adjective, "Open expression of emotions." That is what you will see here folks. After she has written this, I hope you will still have her back. I know the people who do. This blog post is actually coming out of a recent broadcast of Brain Tumor Talk: Worldwide Radio Show. It was time to finally bring this all out in the open. Frontal Lobe Syndrome is a real thing and can be really scary, when you have no idea what is going on. With that, I will let Brenda share from her heart. Thank you, Trevor. As some of you know, I had a meningioma brain tumor removed on September 8, 2008. The location was the right frontal lobe, and this is my reason, for finally bringin...

Hi, it's Trevor and we realize, this is our first blog post of the year. Brenda and I have been busy, with life in general. She has had some great things happen and also a few medical challenges. We will touch on some highs and lows, before we get to our tale. Brenda was asked to be a guest on Rick Franzo's radio show, Brain Tumor Talk: Worldwide Radio Show back in February. She had the time of her life and Trevor here, got quite the mention. She had an opportunity to not only share her brain tumor journey, but was also allowed to share about her living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and her work with CreakyJoints and Christine's Kids, where I am their MASCOT. The reason she was allowed to share both, is because her creativity: writing, having me as part of her life, was a result of her having her brain tumor removed. It changed her life. On to her medical challenges. Her teeth once again have been giving her problems and the result was 2 extractions, one of which was a...

Trevor here, once again. It has been many months, since we last updated you. Much has been going on in Brenda's life. Some good and some, not so good. We want to bring out here, that even in the not so good things that have occurred, she was able to get through those, because of help from many kind people. That is going to be the premise of this blog post, helping others. Brenda went through, what we have referred to, as a year of medical challenges. It started out with a colonoscopy, where they found something not quite right, so they biopsied. Her surgeon, who is also a friend, just wanted to make sure they were not missing anything. He cared enough about Brenda, to take that extra step. We are happy to report that it turned out to be nothing serious, but being cautious is always a good thing particularly, because there is a family history. Next was her saga with her teeth. We touched on this before in another blog, which you can check out. 'A Tale of 2 Teeth' She r...

Hello, it's Trevor, The Tell Tale Dog, to share another story of Brenda's life. In fact, this is actually going to be 3 stories, surrounding the same subject, her nose. Brenda had the great pleasure of taking an online writing course that CreakyJoints (I love that name) offered, taught by author, Lynn Lauber last summer. Here is an excerpt from that story. This will be in my own words. I hope good old Trevor here, can do it justice. BOL Brenda's mom, had told her this story many times. It seems while she was in the nursery, the nurses would just stare at her nose, because it was turned up a tiny bit and thought it was the cutest thing. Her mom always thought that her nose was her best feature, and when her deviated septum was discovered years later, she was afraid of what might happen, to as she put it "her beautiful nose." It was just a nose to Brenda that apparently got in the way of a door, when she was in grade school and ended up breaking h...