SUMMER CAMP: Factors to consider before choosing a summer camp

ADULTS OFTEN LOOK BACK fondly on their childhood experiences at summer camp. Camps can provide the opportunity to form lifelong friendships and discover rewarding hobbies that can enrich campers’ lives for decades to come.

SUMMER CAMP: Courageous Acres summer day camp embraces inclusion

COURAGEOUS ACRES 2021 “Wild about Camp,” offered through Courageous Community Services (CCS), is an inclusive summer day camp that is ready to have camp make a comeback.

The Devil and Mrs. Jones

WHEN WE LAST LEFT Mrs. Jones, she was awaiting new guidance for visitation in assisted-living facilities. Luckily—guidance from the State of Ohio came through that allowed for visitation with residents and their family members. This has been great for Mrs.

Spiritually Speaking

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, a chance to honor our elders during the month of May, Older Americans Month 2021. After what we’ve seen in 2020, how much more aware are we that our elders, especially those in minority groups, were particularly devastated by the now infamous coronavirus?

The challenges of RVing

IN 2020, a record number of people decided that RVing was an ideal way to recover from the cabin fever that accompanies quarantine. (Easily confused with the other fever that got you quarantined in the first place.) It might even make social distancing more tolerable.

Building your legacy

THE DESIRE TO LEAVE A LEGACY may be the height of altruism, for it is a gift to the future, the benefit of which you may never witness nor ever feel its appreciation by others. Creating your legacy does not happen overnight, and it doesn’t come without a strategy and hard work.

The Devil and Mrs. Jones

THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW CHANGES since we last visited Mrs. Jones—at the same time, not a lot has changed. Mrs. Jones was talking to a friend about the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) visitation guidance issued at the federal level. Mrs.

Spiritually Speaking

HAVE YOU BUMPED INTO any “others” lately? In the ministries I’ve worked in over the past 58 years, I’ve met a variety of children, adults, and elders who definitely were considered “others” until I got to know them and they got to know me.

Finding Joy

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND PICTURE it for a moment. Pure joy. Could be sitting in the sun on a warm day, basking in the knowledge that your grown kids are on their way to visit. Or it could be just the opposite: finally a moment of peace and quiet in the house after a chaotic week.