Archive for Personal Growth
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Making New Friends
By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village Before you retired, you probably didn’t think about it, but now you are finding it is challenging to forge new friendships. You are finding it difficult to maintain your friendships; you no longer have that daily access to the co-workers yo...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston It is now time to show “sweetness” or concern for others in you life, however close to you, or distant in geography. You are my Valentine or may I be yours. Not normal but possible. These include one to my sister in Illinois, and another to my sister-in-law in Arkansas. They ...
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Your Advocacy
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Nursing Home and You – Why You Need Someone on Your Side No one wants to think about being incapacitated to the point that they require full-fledged nursing care. To be honest it’s a depressing thought. But it does happen. With increasing shortened le...
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People, Purses, Paper
Ali Maiden loved purses, $20 bills, and mail trucks. She also loved people – and gave gifts of healing to many after her death. By Ann McGlynn Director of Communications St. Paul Lutheran Church The first hunches came from her mom. Patty Maiden felt like her pregnancy with Alison was differe...
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Calendar of Events – January 2018
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Are you or someone you know a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s? Free educational classes are being offered for people with dementia, their families, and those who professionally serve them. Get support from ...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Late last year I was working through what I generally do, poetry by certain poets. I exclaimed “recognition for most poets finally arrives.” If we readers and listeners understand words in lines and a pleasant speaking style, that’s a plus. A ‘lousy’ poem spoken in such ...
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A Good News Diet
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” -Scott Adams I consider myself to be a lifelong learner. I love to read and travel to expand my knowledge of other places, people and their cultures. I...
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Your Advocacy
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Aging Creeps Up On You We are all so very busy. We go to school. We get a job. We may purchase a house, start having a family and go about our business of “living.” During the course of living we deal with all the ups and downs and support our loved ones ...
