Reflections
After spending a bit over three decades of my life trying to channel the exuberant extrovert most everyone expected me to be, I recently admitted... Read more >>
Would You Help a Friend Move? Give a Kidney to a Stranger?
Laura Bolan is someone we’d all like to count as a friend. When she saw a flier with a picture of eight-year-old Sarah Dickman, born... Read more >>
Tolerant of the Intolerant
I was at dinner with someone who espoused a decidedly right wing religious philosophy. He was quite outspoken and self-righteous about his viewpoints. I proceeded... Read more >>
Everyday Is a Struggle
“Please Betty, help me. Take my Parkinson’s with you …” These were my words to Betty, one of our resident in our facility who was... Read more >>
Oh, No She Didn’t
“Like water off a duck’s back,” is arguably for the birds. I, quite frankly, have not yet mastered that elusive ability to endure by shrugging... Read more >>
Focus on the Light and the Future Will Shine
So many people feel like giving up these days, and I can’t blame them. These are hard times for many of us. The one thing... Read more >>
Put what’s on your mind to paper … or computer in this case. Writing out emotions does wonders for our well-being and brings a sense of control to an emotional situation. Let it Out here >>


