Looking for a way to relax and have some fun with the person in your care? Whether as a memory exercise or just a way to express oneself in an effort to de-stress, writing can work wonders. Try it. Either at the computer or with pad and pen in hand, write stories or poetry together. Here are the rules:

• First, there are no rules.
• Length is not an issue. Write as long or as short an item as you want, simply attempting to say what you wish.
• Choose a topic. It could be anything from “The First Time I Saw a Hummingbird” to “Why I Hate/Love Spring” to “A Trick I Played on My Brother/Sister” to “Where I Wish I Could Be Now….” Anything that enters your mind.
• Feel free. Say what you want, how you want. Be playful. Be gentle. Be outrageous. Just be you…or who you’d like to be at that very moment.