Health, Relationships & Spirituality
As told to her friends Verlie McAlister Edwards and Leanne Kinsey Ivey Editor’s note: Twenty years after terrorists flew American Airlines flight 77 into the Pentagon, Mel Birdwell, the wife of Lt. Col. (Ret.) Brian Birdwell, shares her remembrances of the day and the...
Health, Relationships & Spirituality
Bright Line Eating (BLE) is a program promoting healthy eating for weight loss. There are four “bright lines” to follow: No flour, no sugar, eat only at mealtime, and weighing and measuring your food. It is recommended that you align yourself with other followers for...
Education & Career, Health
By Mary Groenewoud Hale “Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.” -George Carlin “How will I keep busy during the coronavirus pandemic?” I thought to myself. ...
Health, Relationships & Spirituality
by Staci Bell It has been said many times, to many hurting people, from many well-meaning people, “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” It has even been quoted as Scripture. It’s not in the Bible. Not even close. When I think about my dad walking home from...
Health, Relationships & Spirituality
by Edie Weinstein Among the terminology added to the vernacular in the past few months in the face of COVID-19, along with ‘flattening the curve,’ ‘social distancing,’ and ‘essential businesses,’ is ‘new normal’. The first time I heard that phrase was when I was in...
Health, Iron Caterpillars, Relationships & Spirituality
By Stephanie Schoonover A few months after we married, Andy and I learned our prayers for our family had been answered. I was pregnant and we were ecstatic. Aside from afternoon fatigue my pregnancy seemed to be going smoothly until our 12 -week anatomy scan. We...
Education & Career, Health
By Edie Weinstein My fingers are tip, tap, typing the words that flow through my busy-buzzy brain. Bleary-eyed after a tumultuously dream-filled night....
