Archive for Personal Growth

  • Your Advocacy Your Advocacy

    By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Are You In Over Your Head? Fred was recently widowed. His wife of 50 years did all the cooking, cleaning and bill paying. As a deacon in his church, you started bringing him casseroles a couple times a week. He asks if you could drive him to a doctor ...

  • A Pause for Poetry A Pause for Poetry

    By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles.       Iowa’s Edible Roads In Iowa we drive roads paved in Corn. As bumper harvests over- Flowed our silos and asphalt ran Low, we opted to pave in corn. On Our roads you need not pack a lunch. Just decamp your vehicl...

  • PUBLISHER’S CORNER PUBLISHER’S CORNER

    By Eloise Graham You are Free to Choose... but ... Yes, we are free to choose anything we want, but we are not free from the consequences. There are always consequences! Our society seems to have forgotten that one must be responsible for one’s actions and act accordingly. Think about the cho...

  • CASI’s Jane’s Place Adult Day Services Seeks Volunteers CASI’s Jane’s Place Adult Day Services Seeks Volunteers

    By Crystal Hughes Jane’s Place Program Administrator Volunteers are important partners with our staff at CASI’s Jane’s Place Adult Day Services. The generosity of volunteers, giving their time and talents to community-based services like Jane’s Place, helps to ensure that we are able to fu...

  • Don’t Let Downsizing Overwhelm Don’t Let Downsizing Overwhelm

    By Anne Coffman Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village Right now, the real estate market is hot, and houses are selling quicker than ever before. There are people who would love to sell their house but are overwhelmed by or just don’t know how to go about downsizing, especially a family home t...

  • A Pause for Poetry A Pause for Poetry

    By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles.       Our Nation of Strong Shoulders Our nation is a nation of strong Shoulders, many strong shoulders All over this land. You never know Where you’ll find them, they are Everywhere. Women with strong Shoulders provi...

  • The Act of Hugging The Act of Hugging

    By Mary Schricker Gemberling “The best way to appreciate something is to do without it”................anonymous I am a HUGGER! Numerous times in the last year I have spontaneously put my arms out to hug someone but quickly refrained. One recent survey put hugs fourth on a list of thirty thing...

  • The greatest gift: Having your affairs in order can be the most lasting gift to loved one The greatest gift: Having your affairs in order can be the most lasting gift to loved one

    By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor Readers – today’s article is a repeat of article used normally during the Holiday Season when gift giving is common. Because of the power of this message, I thought it very appropriate to use again mid-year. ...