Midlife Calm Stories
Patrice Powers-Barker
Inspired by the words of Bernadette Noll’s poem, I Want to Age Like Sea Glass, I too want to be, “smoothed by tides, not broken.” Noll’s poem is about sea glass and the tides of the ocean. When I think of the ocean, I think of summer and vacation and relaxing days....
Thom Powers
My calm story goes back a few years to my early sixties. I had just retired and with more time on my hands and no longer having work as my identity, I began doing too much thinking. I began to realize that my entire life as a dad, my identity was tied up with being a...
Amy Carpenter
It fascinates me how long I walked through life blind, and also, to what I now see!
Krista Powers
Krista is the Executive Director of Giving Voice Foundation (GVF), a non-profit building connections to support all impacted by dementia. This is done through purposeful engagement, individually curated clinical care consulations, and community collaborations rooted in connection. Our vision is a dementia community where no one feels alone.
Since its early beginnings in 2016, GVF has raised over one million dollars, all of which has fueled consistent local support, engagement, and programming.