The Club and More. . . .
My father wanted others to color and wanted his children to form “The Truver Road Coloring Club,” the name of the road he lived on for most of his adult life. It is simple to join , all you have to do is buy one of our books, color the design and send it back to us with your comments. It’s that simple, you’ve joined.
Since we are so new in our business, the members don’t have any special benefits as of yet but as we grow, I plan to give members special discounts. I also plan to put different members’ pictures on the site for others to view. I may also use pictures in future publications of design books.
About the Books
I created and published two books. The purple book was the first one and had designs that are detailed but not too difficult that individuals can complete them without getting frustrated. The blue book was created after visiting a rehabilitation hospital that dealt with head injuries. The staff reviewed the purple book and found that it would be too difficult for their patients to complete and would only lead to frustration. So I went back to the drawing board and created the blue book with larger designs. These designs are much less complex and can be used with initial treatment sessions. Once the patient has mastered coloring these designs they can graduate to the purple book.
Do you like to Color?
Take some time here to reflect on your youth. Didn’t you just love to color? If you did, I’m sure that you still do but just don’t find the time to do it or you feel kind of silly taking the time to do it. When you do get to color, you may find sillier coloring in a kids coloring book? That’s why the books are made up of geometric designs. They are more grown up but can still be colored by children, they are all age appropriate.
Watch a child
Have you ever watched a child color? They are happy, aren’t they? They are relaxed and just having fun, and creating something that is unique to them. How good coloring makes them feel. What does mom do with the picture that a child has colored? She puts it on the refrigerator to build that child’s self esteem, makes that child proud of that accomplishment. Coloring innately gives these to anyone who colors, mom just helps the child experience these benefits.
Our hectic lives
Look at our hectic lives. Do we take the time to sit down and relax? Do we feel guilty for taking that time? Do we feel we should be doing something productive? But what has our society done to us, we are stressed out, have high levels of anxiety. Heart disease has become a killer of both men and women because of these factors. We have to change this. Coloring can help you reduce stress and anxiety in your life. You need to take time each day to color. You don’t want to do it by yourself? Do it with your children and create a quality family time activity. Do it with your friends at work on your break or at lunchtime? See if it doesn’t make a positive change in your life.
How you can use coloring?
For those who are part of the service industry. Just take a few moments and think about the benefits of coloring and who can benefit: (here is a list of some)
- Coloring can help those with head injuries or strokes recover quicker by assisting them gain fine motor skills.
- Coloring can be done by veterans returning from Iraq, those who may suffer from a mental or physical injury. It can assist those that may be suffering from post traumatic syndrome by clearing their thought process and viewing situations more realistically. Those that may be suffering from a lose of a limb can use coloring to gain coordination with their non-dominant hand. They can color with their children creating a quality family activity that can lead to a better more positive recovery process.
- Coloring can be an activity for children in hospitals, families can make it a quality visit activity, as a decoration in their room.
- Coloring can be done by children in schools, those that have special needs or behavior problems. The activity can assist to redirect an individual’s energy.
- Coloring can be done by the elderly in nursing homes, assisted living, personal care homes or adult day cares. The designs create an age appropriate activity.
- Coloring can be done by those who are going through cancer treatments to pass the time and reduce the anxiety of the situation.
- Coloring can be done by those that have chosen hospice so that they may live till they die. It can also bring quality time with their loved ones, the children can stay and bring joy, happiness and love to the hospice patient. It brings color and life in a time of death.
- Coloring can . . . . you can fill it in, because I am sure that you can think of individuals who can benefit from coloring. Take a chance, be creative, help others receive the benefits innately inherent in the coloring process.
Think of it in this context. . . . . . . .
It’s not just coloring!
It’s coloring for living!
