Archive for Personal Growth
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston O.K. How many of us have used 2012 on significant documents, like checks, while paying bills from Christmas enthusiasm? Here we are in another year and grateful for it, or disturbed at some consequences we fear. Whatever the feelings, we launch into this year hoping for the best...
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RSVP – Lead With Experience
By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois Bill Sedlacek RSVPs Go-to Guy A word from the RSVP Director: I hope you’ve enjoyed Bill’s interviews of interesting RSVP members. To me, some of the best parts of his articles are when he sprinkl...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston We are past one seasonal celebration, Thanksgiving, which aims toward culinary delight (in moderation). I hope that was your journey and destination, whether you hosted the meal or traveled some distance to participate. Now our heading is towards more family and, in most cases, p...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston For a month or so, I have been ruminating about an eastern poet and one from the midwest. As time has gone on, the eastern poets and their institutions try to hold sway over the best that is done, or at least the best, judged by poets other than the writers. In plain language,...
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Overcoming the stressful slumps of the holidays
By Holly Alguire Bradley University Student Intern Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center Child Abuse Council Holidays are supposed to be a relaxing, fun-filled time for family. But, somehow, this time of year tends to be the most stressful few weeks. Whether it be worrying how many peop...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Counting my blessings
By Mike Mickle Welcome to November, everyone. We are firmly in Fall's grip. The trees are beautiful, the air is crisp and in our house, fall sports mania has taken hold. We reached a milestone last month. Our youngest son, Matt turned 10. That signaled the end of single digits in the Mickle hous...
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Age doesn’t matter (unless you are cheese?)
By Mary Schricker Gemberling It’s that time of year when summer gives way to autumn, and its brilliant display of crimson and gold dots the landscape. It is also the time of year I chose to make my entrance some three score and five years ago. As I approach my 65th birthday, I can’t help bu...
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On Thankfulness
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home When our founding fathers sailed across the Atlantic in search of freedom and a new way of life, they did so at untold risk. They did not have reliable communications systems. No ship-to-shore radios to notify others in the event of an eme...
