SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING — It’s all about love

I REMEMBER AT AN EARLY AGE someone telling me that God is love. As I moved along in life, especially when I entered religious life, becoming a Sister of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio, I actually felt that love through the many people and experiences in my life.

NOBODY'S PERFECT — A smelly recovery

“I WANT TO GO HOME!” My friend had some surgery and believed she would recover faster at her home than waiting another day in the hospital. She fully understood that she would not be completely recovered when she got there and knew what to do to be safe from a possible fall.

Revisit your fiscal and financial priorities each day

BUILDING A HEALTHY FINANCIAL LIFE is an important concern that everyone should address with diligence and care. Rather than being a one-time event, evaluating your finances—and ensuring you don’t lose sight of your goals—requires timely, purposeful attention.

Host a stress-free thanksgiving

SO, YOU’VE DECIDED TO STEP UP AND HOST THANKSGIVING DINNER THIS YEAR, or perhaps you drew the short straw and had hosting duty thrust upon you. In either case, you want this special family event to come off without a hitch under your watch—or at least without any major catastrophes.

The Great Couple Skate Debacle

LAST MONTH, my wife, Melissa, and I celebrated a major milestone—our 30th wedding anniversary. In this day and age, remaining happily married for 30 years is no small feat; however, our story together goes back much further than that.

Match the perfect wine to your Thanksgiving meal

THERE ARE TWO RULES TO OBSERVE WHEN CHOOSING A WINE to accompany any meal. Rule #1: Drink the wine you like. Rule #2: If the wine you like “doesn’t go” with the food you’re eating, see Rule #1.

I’m retired… now what?

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else. -Mr. (Fred) Rogers, 1928-2003 AFTER DECADES IN THE WORK FORCE, retirees finally get complete control over how they spend their time.

A WALK IN THE PARK Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you

WHEN WE LEFT OFF LAST MONTH, Shirley and I had been to the Smokies and up the Blue Ridge Parkway. This month, the trip continues through Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING Looking to the common good

HOW DID IT GET TO BE NOVEMBER ALREADY? Does time fly for you as quickly as it does for me and my friends? Every week I seem to have a discussion or two about how quickly the week has flown by and then we comment on the fact that it’s almost the end of the year and where did it all go?