Sunday Update: Essential Oils for Weight Loss
My house smells really good. I have frankincense essential oil bubbling away in the diffuser. The aroma is warm, earthy and sweet and great for the immune system. Frankincense quiets the mind, brings focused attention and tranquility. I recently purchased the book Essential Oils for Health by Kymberly Keniston-Pond and this information comes from that…
How Church Done Right is Like A Small Town
I am a member of the Geneva United Methodist Church, and have been all of my life. I didn’t attend for about 40 years – but I’m still a member. It’s a small church, in a small town. Today I attended another Methodist church in the small town of Manson, Iowa. It dawned on me…
Sunday Update: Grief
I made a commitment to myself that I’d talk to you each Sunday about my journey to health. Last week was probably the hardest week of my life as I mourn the death of my mom. I’m still trying to follow some basic tenants: walk more eat less That’s it. Each day up and out…
Sunday Update: None
No update today. I’m spending all my free time with my mom. Being with those you love as they move from this room to the next is a very important part of health care. In the end, holding my moms hand is way more important than going for a walk.
Sunday Update: Hospice
My great nephew and I are on a plane from NC to Iowa, coming home from vacation. We swam a lot, walked even more, ate well and had a great time. We considered not going because my mom is so sick. She insisted I take that 10 year old boy to NYC and have a…
What Makes a Good Facebook Post
Brevity This is not the place to write six paragraphs on one post. We don’t need to know how smart you are. We need to know the what of it all – what it is, what it means for me, what do you want me to do. Pictures If you can tell me in a…
What really matters?
My mother was born in 1929 – when the stock market crashed, when food was more valuable than most other things, when life was hard. When Christmas came one year (she was little and can’t remember the year) all she got was this little bear. Her brother Paul got a small truck. That was it.…
Sunday Update: Vacation
I’m on vacation. Friday I wandered three airports and got in 10,000 steps. Saturday I played in the pool at Tanglewood, NC — great park too. Hung out in the lazy river. Today we are driving to Philly and hanging out with Gigi and her kids. Tuesday we are walking the boardwalk all day. Pretty…
Suspended Coffees
John Sweeney knows what it’s like to be down and out. He’s been misjudged since his early years, bullied by students and teachers alike. Told he’d never amount to anything and the best he could hope to be was a plumber. Yet John knew since he was little he’d figure out a way to make…