The Promise
This story didn’t happen on Father’s Day, but for me it defined a father’s love better than any other small moment in my life. This is how we reveal our parenting…our legacy…in the small moments. From a very young age, our daughter, Kelsey, had to endure a significant...
When Life Goes Horribly Wrong: A Genealogical Mystery
When my mum passed away three years ago, my dad began researching her past. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to know – she had sent off for her original birth certificate as soon as adopted children were legally able to do so – but she just seemed to give up on the idea...
Chocolate Covered Cherries
It’s funny how the little things in life can make such a big impression. Like the ripple from a pebble thrown in a pond, a small gesture can reach far beyond that short moment of contact. But this story isn’t about a pebble; it’s about a chocolate covered cherry, or...AYS – Forward
Gene Verdu was truly a philanthropist and a man for all seasons. I first met him professionally when I became a St. Clair County board member in 1981. I had worked in private industry for yearsand networked with many social service agencies in both my role as a union...
Great Now What Do I Do?
I was born in March of 1938, in St. Louis, MO. I lived in South St Louis, near Carondelet Park, been there most of my life. I attended a local public school, Woerner Elementary School. Later I attended Our Lady of Sorrows catholic school and Bishop DuBourg High School...Did you know?
A study published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine suggests that engaging in legacy activities like scrapbooking and story sharing can increase family communication and reduce stress for caregivers to chronically ill individuals. Caregivers reported less stress and patients reported decreased breathing difficulty and increased religious meaning.
Read more here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664509/
