Today we celebrate the beginning of a new year. One of the classic traditions for the first day of the new year is to establish a set of goals for the upcoming year. Typically these include health goals — our so-called New Year’s resolutions. The idea is to start off the year on a […]
The sentiments of the holiday season prompt me to wax philosophic about the nature of life here on planet earth. Looking at what is said on Christmas cards and in holiday messages, it seems as though we have figured out a huge truth. The true purpose of life is to love. As corny as […]
I was bending over the tub this morning preparing to give Ellen her bath when I noticed a tender soreness across my low back on both sides. Now I don’t normally have back pain, so I pay immediate attention to any pain signals I get. I learned to do this the hard way. Several […]
Most people are not aware that sugar has two faces to it — one side that can actually be helpful to the body and another side that is destructive to the body. When we look at sugar we see pretty white crystals of lovely sweetness. But hidden beneath that crystalline deliciousness, you find that […]