Archive for Personal Growth
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Ask the Counselor
By Kristi A. Manley, LMHC, LCPC Licensed Mental Health Counselor Lutheran Family Service Question: I’ve been hearing so much about “healthy boundaries in relationships.” To me, it just sounds like a bunch of psycho-babble and means we have to put up walls between ourselves and others. Sur...
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The Ever Flowing Mississippi River
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Among the greatest elements of nature anywhere in our entire Quad Cities region is the mighty Mississippi River. Truly iconic in the United States and well-known throughout the world, this mighty marvel originates from the otherwise unassumi...
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Caring Community at Ridgecrest
By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village When I look around me each day I realize that I have been given an opportunity that not many people get in their lifetime. I am surrounded by people that God has gifted in so many ways. There are people that have served their community as t...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Stepping Outside of the Comfort Zone Have you ever stopped to think that as we get older, we get more complacent with our lives? We get “stuck in a rut” so to say. We are comfortable doing the same routine – and our comfort zone is decreasing. On the other hand, look at t...
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August Calendar of Events
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Are you or someone you know a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s? Get support from our 24/7 Helpline, alz.org/greateriowa 1-800-272-3900, or local address and phone: 2208 E. 52nd St., Ste. B, Davenport, IA 528...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Kari Smith My 4-H Experience The words still echo in my mind today: I pledge my HEAD to clearer thinking, I pledge my HEART to greater loyalty, I pledge my HANDS to larger service, and my HEALTH to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world. Yes, I am a 4-H girl ...
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Having Fun to Help Others
Shriner organizations raise money through participation in parades throughout small town America. By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Never does a Shriner stand so tall as when he stoops to help a child.” Hunter Woodhall, thirteen years old, plays basketball, football and soccer; he wrestles; he ru...
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RSVP: Lead With Experience
By H. Gayle Lundeen RSVP Disaster Services Coordinator Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois They CERT-ainly Want to Help A prominent author states that each person has 10 “love tanks.” These different tanks are acquired as we age and are each filled fr...
