Out of the Mouths of Babes by Lucy E.M. Black Before COVID-19 began in earnest, one of the great pleasures in my life was spending a fair amount of time in kindergarten classrooms. And to my delight, I was once again reminded of the acceptance, curiosity, and incredible honesty of young children. Not yet having Read more
Water: Your New Best Friend by Bernadette Sukley We’ve got the same amount of water in our bodies as planet Earth. Both of us are 60 to 75 percent H2O. And just as the world recycles water from seas to clouds to rain and back again, we need to replenish ours on a regular basis Read more
There’s no need to dread the inevitable transition into the golden years. Instead, why not celebrate it? Here are ten reasons why getting older can be a positive and enriching phase in everyone’s life — even if you need to put on your reading glasses to see it. Read more
Grief – A Personal Journey By Donna L Scrafano My first exposure to grief came on December 3, 1963. That was the day I had lost my maternal grandmother, twenty-three days before my tenth birthday. I was in fifth grade. Eleven days previously on November 22, the nun who taught us at St. Anthony’s parochial Read more
A Legacy: Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge & COVID-19 by Lucy E.M. Black We are living in challenging and uncertain times. Many despair about those things that we are being asked to refrain from doing, and many of us are in self-imposed quarantine. But perhaps the current upset of all that is normal, can also provide Read more
Selflessness Will Deter COVID-19 by Michael J. Orr Yes, I said selflessness. COVID-19 will likely infect nearly all of us over the next few months, regardless of what we do. That is an unfortunate reality. With that in mind, and driven by relentless 24/7 media coverage, people have begun to panic. Let me state here Read more
How to Talk to Grandchildren About COVID, Cash and Calamity By Dr. Tracy E. Hill Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, teacher or anyone else who connects with children, it’s important to understand the best way to talk to kids about the issues facing our world. And we’re not just talking about COVID-19, but also the Read more
COVID-19 How to Avoid the Virus Malia Jones, Ph.D., MPH Public Health Specialist It is most likely that the world will see a tremendous increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the upcoming weeks. This is not because of a new pattern in the spread of the disease, but rather due to a major Read more
Who Do You Throw Off the Boat? By Lucy E.M. Black Years ago, I taught a management course that worked towards the development of leadership skills using a variety of strategies that emphasized trust, collaborative decision-making, and survival skills. One of the activities was the now-familiar “lifeboat exercise.” The premise was deceptively simple: you are Read more
I invited Mom over for dinner to see our new house. Mom has also recently moved to be closer to me. After spending her entire adult life in Upstate New York, she uprooted and moved to be near her beloved daughter. Well, actually, I think she moved so I could help take care of her, but that’s for another story... “What are you doing? It looks fine.” my husband comments seeming perplexed. “It’s my mother. She’s going to find everything wrong, so I want to minimalize her menu of items to choose from” I gently explain. Although, I’m fairly certain he already knows this. It wasn’t his first rodeo with Mom. Read more
