Archive for Personal Growth
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5 Signs of a Healthy Relationship
By Michael Finlayson We all want a healthy relationship. We all know that a healthy relationship will give us a chance for real happiness. But what makes a healthy relationship? You Have To Like Each Other There are a lot of important things that go into creating a healthy relationship...
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How Dare You Be Happy! – GUEST PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Dave “The Shef” Sheffield One of the things that I am amazed by is when people come up to me after a speaking event and say, “I don’t mean to brag or want to make anyone feel bad, but things are really going good for me right now.” I usually respond to them by saying something ...
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Are You Ready for a New Year’s Challenge?
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community The earliest-known festival celebrating the New Year dates from about 2000 B.C. in Mesopotamia where the New Year began with the first new moon following the spring equinox, sometime in mid March. Throughout medieva...
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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...
