Archive for Personal Growth
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Wisdom and The Chessboard
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home There was a time during junior high when I played my share of chess. Several of my friends, I discovered, were pretty good chess players, and my intrigue for the game intensified as I watched them maneuver – and out-maneuver – one anoth...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston When poet Walt Whitman becomes the subject of discussions or conversations at a literary gathering, many of those listening can claim to not understand. Whitman, individual that he was, tossed some poets aside because they had not used American language, words used then and now a...
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Remembering 9/11
By Dee Deuth, CSA Weerts Funeral Home As we pause and reflect upon Patriot Day this year, we do so on the 10th anniversary of that awful day that forever altered American - indeed, world - history. In 2008, I took my family to New York to “pay our respects,” if you will, at Ground Zero. Fol...
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Volunteerism Enriches Life
By Nancy Stockwell Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village “Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.” – Mother Teresa “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” – Mohammed Ali “We make a livi...
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A New Normal
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Most are probably familiar with the common saying that goes something like this: “The only two certain things in life are death and taxes.” Indeed, among both generations and centuries, it seems that we can scarcely do more about on...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Birds! That’s right, birds. I have approached the subject a few times. My challenge is from the journalism side of writing, which asks for the closest thing to facts we can obtain. Birds take, essentially, flights of fancy. Man can fly with the help of powerful engines to prope...
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The Legend of the Cracked Water Pot
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community A water bearer in India had two large pots, one hung in each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of w...
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Quilts: May all your ups and downs in life be with needle and thread.
By Nancy Stockwell Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village In a fast-paced world filled with ready-made conveniences, sometimes we overlook the hand-crafted beauty and simple functionality of something as common as quilts. A beautifully crafted quilt is truly a work of art. Certainly it could ...
