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It’s Past Time for Vaccine Mandates in Schools
Why are we protecting the unvaccinated? In January of 2022, the NY Times reports more than 300,000 Coronavirus cases confirmed in the US. In Chicago, schools have shut down because teachers refuse to return to in-person work in the classroom. And, who can blame them?...
My Daughter Makes a Case for Why We Should Let Her Get the Shot
It’s a matter of returning to normal My daughter wants to get the shot. We’re skeptical about letting her get it for a few reasons, mostly because she’s our kiddo and we don’t want any harm to come to her and because her age group has recently become eligible to...
Why I’m Grateful I Got Moderna Instead of the J & J Vaccine
You never know what tomorrow will bring “Circle, circle, dot, dot. Now I got my cootie shot.” You probably remember the saying from grade school when the boys tried to give you cooties, or you wanted to give the boys cooties. No one wants the COVID cooties, and...
Fight Back Against Anxiety Before it Gets the Best of You
Practice gratitude to color your life prettier. We all have anxiety at different points in our lives. You may feel anxious before a big test, starting a new job, moving, or purchasing a car or house. It’s understandable to feel stress on occasion, but some people deal...
Step Back to Give Your Kids a Chance to Step Up
Watch kids shine. For the first time in over a week and a half, I put on make-up and did my hair. I’ve been sick. That’s a huge understatement. I’ve had fever, chills, shortness of breath, and haven’t been able to get out of bed. Today was different. My body must be...
How Your Current Diet Will Affect Your Future Self
It goes without saying that many people follow a healthy diet in hopes of achieving short-term goals like losing weight or improving their mood. While these are indeed wonderful benefits to reap from making good nutrition choices, your diet actually plays a vital role...
Sometimes Silence is the Best Option
Discover your best secret weapon Silence is golden. Men of great wisdom think it better to be quiet as a strategic move. A person can talk too much, and when he does, he is often so busy talking that he forgets to listen. “Better to remain silent and to be thought a...
How Six Degrees of Separation Is Close, but Two Degrees of Physical Separation Is a Long Way
We are as close or as far as we want to be We are as close or as far as we want to be at any given time. People are six or fewer social connections away from each other at any given time. That’s true if you believe the six degrees connection originally introduced by...
Ever Think Your Kids Are Immature and Half-Brained?
Science confirms what parents know very parent has thought at one time or another, that their kids are immature in thinking and not able to process basic thought patterns. It makes sense that young kids don’t think clearly because their brains are continually...
Your Fear of Dying Is Stopping You From Living
Tomorrow is not guaranteed About 150,000 people die daily across the globe. If you are to believe the headlines any day of the week, you might be scared that death is coming for you. You will die. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but someday. You can live in fear of death...
You Don’t Have to Be a Miserable Journaling Failure
Create moments of joy by being intentional Jimmy Buffet, by his own admission, has spent over 80% of his career thinking and reading, not doing. Benjamin Franklin asked himself two important questions each day: In the morning he asked, “What good do I want to...
How to Have Hope for Tomorrow When You Feel Like Dying Today
If you live with thoughts of suicide and depression, everyday life can be a struggle — a real mind over matter battle. You don’t have to be one of the 800,000 people who die by suicide each year. That’s roughly one death every 40 seconds, according to Suicide...
Hey Boomer, OK isn’t Okay Anymore
Learn the etiquette to stay in touch. There’s a communication divide happening that you may not be aware of and it has Boomers and Millennials at polar opposite positions. Communication is one of the most important life skills. If you want the desired outcome, you...
How to Make Gratitude Greater than Thankfulness Every Day
Gratitude vs. Thankfulness. They square off in our lives every day, but we seldom notice. We don’t often recognize that the words have different meanings. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines thankful as “conscious of benefits received.” It is a surface-level...
How in the World do I Talk to My Kids?
Their lingo is lit, bruh ommunication is essential for understanding and good personal relations. Communication involves conveying a message in a way that you are understood and delivering your message in a proper context. It’s also important to use appropriate...
5 Ways to Prevent Falls in Seniors with Dementia
Pexels *This is a guest post by Holly Clark The leading cause of injury-related deaths is falling, and those at a higher risk of falling are those with dementia. Some of the factors that contribute to the fall are their inability to tell other people about their...