Archive for Personal Growth
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Stay Sharp and Happy
By Chris White Marketing and PR Coordinator Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging We all know that eating right and keeping fit can help us lead longer lives. However, being social is another key component to longevity. Whether it’s dinner with friends or a simple phone call with a loved one, yo...
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Calendar of Events | February 2020
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Open AA Meeting – There are ongoing open meetings every Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening at 7 pm. Location: 1706 Brady Street, Suite 105, Davenport. For more information contact Illowa Intergroup 24 hour (309) 764-1016 or visit www.aaquadcities.org Qua...
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Quad City Family Caregiver Conference
By Chris White Marketing and PR Coordinator Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging When my mom had her two knee replacement surgeries, I helped take care of her. I’d sit with her, make meals and attend to her personal needs. Now that she’s fully recovered and more independent, I still help with...
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Your Advocacy Connection
By Kathy Nitz GolderCare Solutions Help for the Aging Veteran Whether you are a Veteran or family of a Veteran, you might have heard that obtaining benefits can be quite a task. The VA offers numerous services and programs but many are not aware that there are benefits available to qualifying Vet...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham The Rhetorical Question and the Ensuing Conversation If you could have a conversation with anyone, living or dead, who would it?” Have you ever been asked that? How did you reply? I have been asked that. Then, after thinking about it for a while, I would also imagine the convers...
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Who would start a trust?
By Anne Coffman Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village When we talk about financial and estate planning, we automatically think of a “Will” or Last will and testament to spell out our wishes after we pass away. We want to make sure that what we have worked hard to accumulate will be distr...
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Just Saying…
Life inside the Postcard By Q.C. Jones Have you ever found yourself lost in a postcard? You see colorful decorations, interesting buildings and palm trees all nestled on the shiny shores of a tranquil see. Looking further, you see children playing in the sands and a few sails off in the distan...
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Ten Thousand Islands
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “By protecting our oceans, we are preserving them for the next generation to enjoy.”.......................... Author Unknown Gary and I are spending the month of January in a somewhat obscure spot in Florida. At the southernmost end of Naples, Florida, just tw...
