Caregiver Blog Gone Awry

Caregiver Blog Gone Awry

I’m not a person for whom the word “serendipity” yields feelings of excitement and curiosity. I’m a planner: I like to know what’s going to happen next and hold as dear the illusion that I know how things are going to turn out. So, one of the reluctantly learned...
The Value of Forgiveness, Any Day of the Year

The Value of Forgiveness, Any Day of the Year

Although there’s no confusion, in my mind at least, about the importance of forgiveness, there seems to be quite a bit of confusion about the national acknowledgement of that. My internet search found a “National Forgiveness Week” in June, a “National Forgiveness Day”...
Music, Memory, and Chocolate Custard

Music, Memory, and Chocolate Custard

The summer I was 13, and the following two summers, before I turned 16 and could apply for a “real” job, I worked at Tasty Freeze, a local frozen custard shop owned by a friend of my older brother, Jack. I suppose there was some abuse of child-labor rules, but I loved...
An Epidemic of Loneliness

An Epidemic of Loneliness

“There is an epidemic of loneliness in the United States and lacking [social] connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.” “…the physical consequences of poor connection can be devastating, including...
Sounds Good Choir: Research Update

Sounds Good Choir: Research Update

Leading up to our holiday concerts in December, the question I heard most often (aside from, “What’s our call time for the concert warm-up?”) is “What’s happening with the research project… aren’t you almost finished with it?” That’s actually not an easy question to...