Comments on: The Right Tools https://livingwithscleroderma.com/the-right-tools/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:22:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/the-right-tools/#comment-3776 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:22:18 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=3023#comment-3776 In reply to Lisa Ames.

Thanks for sharing this, Lisa. Your parents are wonderful people. I’m very grateful to live in a time and place where we can easily obtain the tools and appliances that enable us to do more. Best wishes to you and Dave and your folks.

]]> By: Lisa Ames https://livingwithscleroderma.com/the-right-tools/#comment-3775 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 05:15:16 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=3023#comment-3775 Love this story, Evelyn. Something like it just happened to us because my parents were paying attention! Dave can no longer make his much-treasured coffee when he wakes up about 5:30 a.m. He was just resigning himself to instant, when my mom and dad showed up with an automatic-drip coffee maker… the kind that has your coffee brewed and waiting for you whenever you want it! They had taken notice of my small side comment one day about an example of Dave’s little annoyances as time goes on. You should have seen his eyes brighten upon receiving their gift. “Your parents,” he remarked, with love.

]]> By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/the-right-tools/#comment-3773 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 17:39:34 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=3023#comment-3773 In reply to Jesse Evans.

Thanks, Jesse. That was a big aha for me as I wrote this, too!

Happy Holidays to you and Connie.

]]> By: Jesse Evans https://livingwithscleroderma.com/the-right-tools/#comment-3770 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:56:16 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=3023#comment-3770 Evie your comment about “paying attention” resonated with me even more than “having the right tool.” I’ve always been fond of buying and using tools for my work, for the kitchen, for the yard etc, and frequently made tools and jigs myself when the right thing wasn’t for sale.

I have also hammered away at a routine task using inferior techniques or tooling just because I didn’t pause to rethink the problem. It’s really that deliberate reflection on the problem that solves most of my problems……if only I remember to do it!
Cheers, Jesse

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