Archive for Personal Growth
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston I am most happy with things familiar to me. Does that ring a bell? the newest cycles in our nation and its reflection in the world, send an unreal portion of our jobs away. We get the doors slammed on customary activities and on things we consider “advancement.” The ...
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Spread Holiday Cheer this Season
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home At the age of 15, I began working as a CNA in a skilled-care nursing facility in my hometown. As a new part-time employee, I wasn’t at all surprised to be scheduled to work on Christmas Eve that year. Admittedly, I grumbled a ...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Here we are again poised for what is for most of us a joyous period of the year. In Judeo-Christian background are never to be forgotten events of long ago, celebrated as best we can in houses that hold forth for the religions and in our homes. We, as people, accept much of th...
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“To Honor Veterans of All Wars”
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community While planning for a flagpole dedication ceremony for The Fountains Active Retirement Community in Bettendorf, I learned about the rich tradition and significance of Veterans Day. The first Veterans Day parade ...
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When a Loved One Passes Away: First Steps
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford The first hours, days, and weeks after a loved one passes away can be incredibly taxing and stressful. Not only are you in a state of shock and grief, there are also myriad practical tasks that you find yourself facing – and they’re often unfamil...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston The business of writing seeks more polish from those of us doing it as prose or poetry for the public. We need to search for memorable or clever lines. Words to enhance meaning in ideas we try to make known. Tried and true for poetry, at least, is to record, paper or tape, the...
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A Labor of Love
By Mary Schricker, SRES Realtor Ruhl&Ruhl Real Estate “During the past few years as a Seniors Specialist I have had the opportunity to act as a sounding board for clients who have been thrust into the role of caregiving for a family member or friend. I have listened, mediated and ca...
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Some Things I Learned from my Father-in-Law
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Linda and I started dating when I was a senior in high school; she, a junior. It wasn’t too long after we began dating that I learned a few things about her dad. As I brought Linda home rather late one Friday night, he emerged from the...
