Archive for Personal Growth
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Our Costa Rica Adventure
By Mary Schricker Gemberling With a negative 15 degrees on the morning of January 3, we drove out our snow packed driveway toward the Bloomington, Illinois airport. Little did we know that our adventure to Costa Rica and Panama would take place during the Polar Vortex that would soon engulf muc...
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The Choice is Yours!
By Mary Schricker Gemberling It takes a great amount of organization and planning to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Most of my life, I have been able to eat pretty much whatever I wanted to without having any serious weight or health issues. However, as I age and my activity level decreases, I...
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Thoughts on Love and Valentine’s Day
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home It’s been the object of countless songs and the subject of innumerable books, movies and screenplays. It’s one of the most commonly-known words – in any language – the world over; paradoxically, at times, it may be arguably among ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER – The Clutter and the Memories
By Eloise Graham Last month, 50+ Lifestyles featured an article from the University of Illinois Extension about de-cluttering. I decided I would try some of their suggestions as some of my resolutions for housekeeping. So, I would start here, then I would go over there, but on the way to that ...
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Max’s Musings – The Emotion of Valentine’s Day
By Max Molleston Most of the writing efforts for February work with stealth or openness towards the special emotion for this month, LOVE. It is okay. It points us toward those we admire and love, so a sign of that affection can come forward. Lots of times we seem too shy to express our affect...
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Dealing with Loss
By Mary Huebbe Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village As winter days seem longer and longer and our weather gets colder, it leaves some of us feeling lonely and depressed. It gives us time to reflect on the things we’ve lost and feel the empty hole that we had hidden away for a while. I kn...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER: A New Year… Another Chance to Get It Right
By Dan Adams Every year we have an opportunity to reflect about the previous one and to set goals for the next. I like what Oprah Winfrey said, "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." I believe Oprah is spot on, and I believe anyone can get it right year after year. ...
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My New Year’s Blessing
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Dear Lord, So far this year I’ve done well! I haven’t gossiped; I haven’t lost my temper; I haven’t been greedy, grumpy, selfish, or overindulgent. I’m very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I’m going to get out of bed, and from then...
