Archive for Personal Growth
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Plant flowers where you think they will grow
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home There’s no doubt about it. The winter of 2013-14 will go into the history books as one of the harshest ever recorded – here throughout the QCA and most everywhere else as well. Yearning so earnestly for the springtime as we have thi...
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A Matter of Perspective
By Mary Huebbe Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village I am a Mother of four, and I believe sometimes I’m just plain crazy. I am going to share with you a story that might just prove that. I hope that my “moment of crazy” will help everyone else with their own moments of crazy and realiz...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Most of you readers here have learned to enjoy some poetry. We enjoy a poem that uses rhyme, usually neat and pleasant sounds ending the lines. Sounds chosen to end one line and maybe the next; not using terms strange to us to identify how the poem is “rolling” along. As ama...
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Panama – both a parallel and a Dichotomy of Costa Rica
By Mary Schricker Gemberling After our adventure filled week in Costa Rica, we flew to Panama for the second leg of our trip. Panama, the southernmost country of Central America, is situated on an isthmus and acts as a biological land bridge between North and South America. Our first three days...
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For the Kids
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Something significant happens at our house in April each year: Our daughter, Maddy, has a birthday. And this year she’ll be 21! Like every parent, we’re very grateful for our kids and the joy they’ve brought to our lives. ...
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Downsizing 101
By Mary Huebbe Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village Ridgecrest Village just had its second annual Downsizing Seminar with Dr. Jill Bjerke. The program was wonderful for anyone, but I especially enjoyed it. It doesn’t matter what age you are, we can all learn a valuable lesson from her. ...
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RSVP – Lead With Experience
By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois Writer Bill Sedlacek leads with an example of not taking one’s self too seriously In the past, we’ve used these formats as opportunities to highlight the fine work of individual volunteers in 50+ L...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston With these long and snowing and very cold months, we who have been in the climate may have increased our hardiness. It’s been a winter that is hard to forget. I recall the winter in the late 1970s which seemed relentless in terms of accumulated snowfall. We stayed at home more ...
