Archive for Personal Growth
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston ....the major hurdle for a poem and its creator poet is publication. Get that poem or book of poems on paper and, more important, get it “out there.” What makes spring come? Depends on whom you ask; the calendar and established dates on it; the solar inferences. Whatever,...
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Speaking Out – How Much is Enough?
By Pam Brammann, R. N. I was raised in Iowa, a city girl and an American. I have always been proud to be an American. That’s why it scares me when I see a possibility of America’s demise not too far off into the future, especially if we do not change our current path of greed and selfish ...
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Tales by Triplett – It’s never too late to learn
By Patrick Triplett God love my mom. She means well. But try as she may, she just doesn't quite get it when it comes to sports. Granted, she didn't start getting involved until her grandson, Mike, became a sportswriter a few years ago. She began reading his articles and watching his interviews on...
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Incredible Beauty of Costa Rica
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community Costa Rica is a small Central American country that is almost entirely rainforest. The vast array of tropical flowers is perhaps the first thing that one would notice. Birds of paradise, bromeliads and orchids are ...
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A Close Call
David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Boarding the bus for my very first day of kindergarten, I quickly realized that I had something no one else in my class could boast: a cast from my thumb past the elbow on my left arm. A few weeks before school began, our family had gath...
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Good Friends
David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home We were in the kitchen after church that Sunday afternoon last October. Lured outside by colorful leaves and warm sunshine, lunch would be on the patio. Football season was underway; a game was just starting on the television. But football se...
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SAYING NO TO YOUR TEENAGER – “It’s all in Love”
By Teresa Babers Program Manager New Parent Services Child Abuse Council For most parents, discipline issues begin around age two and continue full speed through adolescence. This is a time where even the mild mannered obedient child may begin to resist and question the rules they have always...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Valentine’s Day is big business in the greeting card kingdom, and it should be. Lots of us get to journey to our closest or favorite place to select a card that is just right for looks and sentiment level. What a winter season, so far, for those if ...
