Archive for Personal Growth
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston I compose poetry for those of us not schooled at University, even though some of us took an English Literature core course. I can be serious or write a poem that is filled with humor. Both are interesting for the poet, and one style may become the other as the muse driving the i...
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It’s All About Balance
By Mary Schricker Gemberling For a baby boomer on Medicare, I feel pretty young most of the time. I get out of bed most mornings relatively pain and med free other than an occasional aspirin or Tylenol to remedy excessive gardening, and have plenty of energy to meet whatever demands life might b...
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Life Changes
By Beth Martinez GolderCare Solutions Your Advocacy Connection - We Solve Long Term Care Problems Life changes require us to look at our lives in a different way. Life changes may be difficult and stressful, such as losing a job, moving to a different city, or dealing with the illness of...
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Reconciling Losses
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home I was in college. Some things were simpler then. Some things weren’t. I had driven to the grocery store, probably to stock up on my staples: peanut butter, bread and some good ol’ macaroni and cheese. No one asked if I wanted “pap...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities – Amtraking our Life Away
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Trains have rumbled down the long track of American poetry, folklore and music. Jimmy Rogers, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson join Emily Dickinson and Henry David Thoreau in heralding the magic of the Iron Horse. And, while enjoying a mountain hike a few w...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston If we were all poets, and we wrote poems regularly, there would be more love poems. There is no specific time for love to develop, but I say summer provides a setting like no other, with opportunities for movement and adventure slowed some in other seasons. I constantly browse (...
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Bon Voyage
By Mary Schricker Gemberling One rainy April day, Gary and I decided to take a travel class at our local community college. The instructor was Gina Henry, a nationally recognized travel expert, writer, professional speaker and owner of GoGlobal, Inc. She offered valuable information on how to m...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Lunch with an Angel named Jill – Paying it forward After a combined quarter century of life’s adventures in the good old Quad-Cities, something happened that touched our hearts to the very soul. Throughout our interactions with people, places and g...
