Archive for Personal Growth
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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 ...
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A Scout is Reverent
50+ Lifestyles has been exploring the code of ethics known as the 12 points of the Boy Scout Law By James N. Graham February of 2010, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) celebrates 100 years of preparing youth to become valuable citizens and leaders. In consideration of the 100th anniversary of th...
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Memories of Times Past
By Mary Schricker, SRES Realtor Ruhl&Ruhl Real Estate I am writing my article this month while sitting on a beach in Southwest Florida. I have not settled on a topic so we will see where this goes. My love affair with Florida goes back a very long time. As a child it was usually the destinat...
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Mission to Haiti
In the midst of utter chaos and destruction Jesus saves and rescues. My name is Judy Rands, and I have been married to my husband, Bill, for 31 years. We have 8 grown children and 21 grandchildren. We are members of Bettendorf Christian Church where I am involved with several different groups teachi...
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An Everyday Kid – An Everyday Hero
By Gary Metivier I first met a little boy named Sergio about two years ago. The eleven year old was battling a rare form of cancer in children (acute myeloid lymphoma). Unfortunately, I have met a lot of children battling illnesses these last couple of years. Behind the illness there is a charact...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston This year we will be sharing. Households, perhaps. Incomes, good times, misery. There has never been anything wrong or untoward about sharing. One of the newer methods in admonishing a child is to reinforce the act of sharing. Sharing is an old practice in life. Farmers shared...
