Chronic illness resulting from self destructive life choices has prompted a national health emergency. We're fat and getting fatter. Heart problems, obesity and diabetes result from Americans' unwillingness to eat right and exercise. [Read More]
A place at the beach used to be a dream. Now "for sale" signs prove the dream may be less palatable than the anticipation. Dream bigger. [Read More]
After the flurry of tears, plans, memorial service then a return home to reestablish normalcy, children of a parent just departed start the melancholy task of going through items they've retrieved that mean the most to them. This morning I received a long...
You know when the phone rings before the sun rises that news on the other end will not brighten your day. We learned this morning a giant spirit broke free and his body fell to earth. It was not unexpected, just too soon. My wife's father has gone on ahead...
This is a good father's message to his young children (and all of us). One need not be blessed with parents like his. One can indeed grow up with a mother who never honestly encourages you and a father who fails to defend you, yet still embrace a similar...
End of life issues are easy in theory, much harder when the frail flesh of a dear family member adds a heart beat, a wan smile and pain filled groans to the deliberations. Four weeks ago we secured a place for my father-in-law in a dementia unit. His wife's...