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Sunday Update on a Tuesday

Last week flew by!  RVTV was Thursday, the day started at 5:30 am and ended just after midnight.  I walked almost 10,000 steps that day.  Friday found me on an airplane headed to Chicago for the weekend with my niece.  We bemoaned that we ate so much, but actually we didn’t. Friday night I had…

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Sunday Update: Knees and Sugar

Head, shoulders, knees and toes … remember that exercise set to music? It was popular when I was in grade school and we had to follow the Kennedy program for exercise.  For you youngsters, President Kennedy determined that we all needed to be more active in school and developed a plan to get kids more…

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Historical Road Trip

Most of us are tied down in the towns we live in.  We work, play, eat and live in our own little acre of the world.  A vacation is something you take all year to plan, and you go somewhere exotic (at least to you).  You save for it, you read about it, you change…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.  

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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…

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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…

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