Cholesterol: What You Need to Know
Cholesterol is a type of fat that circulates in your blood. All cholesterol is not “bad.” Cholesterol is essential and is involved in maintaining cell membranes, manufacturing Vitamin D on the surface of the skin, producing hormones and possibly helping cell connections in the brain. About 70% of cholesterol is made in the liver and […]
Back to Basics
How did I get here?…29 years old and planning my mother’s funeral! This has GOT to be unreal! Yet here I was, scavenging through mounds of pictures trying to summarize her life in the form of a program and an obituary. Cousin Tara’s graduation, Uncle Paul’s 50th birthday celebration, my niece Laila’s first day of […]
Let Go of the Drama: Keeping Relationships Simple
You’ve met Mister or Miss Right and you have embarked on a journey to love and happiness. Along the way there will be twists and turns which is part of the relationship journey. It involves a commitment to share time, love, kindness, forgiveness, hope, understanding and trust. As you walk this path together, you may […]
Multitasking and your Health
I like to think it wasn’t that long ago when the phone used to ring “lonely in the house” as Louis CK puts it. I realize now that as a teenager I must have missed calls. Imagine that! If I was sick at school I went to the nurse and waited there until my mom […]
