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Sending Bon Courage from Switzerland for People Living in Pain
A recent study by the Institute of Medicine estimated that at a cost of $635 billion, 116 million American adults suffer from chronic pain, which is greater than the total of those afflicted with heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. I am one of them. And that’s only in the USA, but pain is indiscriminate. It crosses national boundaries, economic borders and ethnic lines. Pain is a strange bedfellow. When you are in pain, you can’t focus on anything else, but once it subsides, it
Hop Skip Jump Happy Leap Year Into Spring
We celebrate President’s day, Valentine’s day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Mother and Father’s Day, but where is good ol’ Hallmark when it comes to commemorating Leap Year. Where is the fuss over February 29th, which should be special, as it only rolls around every four years? I was born on February 28, but my sister arrived in the wee hours of March 1, 1960 during a Leap Year. My mom said that other mothers in the hospital, who gave birth on the 29th, begged doctors to change the date. A
Community Support Showered on Yorkville Farmer After Open Heart Surgery
If you live anywhere near Yorkville Illinois who do you call for an extra hand if your hay needs bailing, your field needs tilling, your electricity needs wiring? Family, friends and neighbors in the farming community-turned-to-sprawling-suburb have been seeking Cliff Westphal’s services for years. He is the first to lend a hand at the truck pull, 4-H stand, blood bank, local church and Yellowstone Lane neighborhood get together. My brother-in-law has spent his lifetime serving others from a
