Archive for Family

  • “Love is patient, love is kind” “Love is patient, love is kind”

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home These familiar words from I Corinthians often become the scriptural centerpiece of weddings. And while these words make a pleasing backdrop to the joyous ceremony of marriage, most married couples would agree that it’s far harder to live ...

  • In and Out of the Quad-Cities In and Out of the Quad-Cities

    Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Remember Those Summer Family Reunions First you combine ants (and aunties), uncles, cousins by the dozens and an occasional case of poison ivy with deviled eggs and cold friend chicken. Then you add a dash of sweltering heat and a teaming mess of slobb...

  • It’s Got Me Thinking… It’s Got Me Thinking…

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Well, it’s finally happened. Our baby girl has graduated from high school. And it’s got me thinking . . . It’s got me thinking about how tender and fragile life begins. Only 18 years ago we held Maddy in our arms as a teen...

  • It is always a good time to celebrate Grandparents It is always a good time to celebrate Grandparents

    By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community “Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” – Alex Haley “The history of grandparents is remembered not with...

  • Acting in Perfect Unison Acting in Perfect Unison

    By Diana Spranger, R.N. Administrator Bettendorf Health Care If you’ve read any of my previous articles, you have heard me speak about the children & grandchildren that Ken and I have spread all around the USA. This past week-end we went North (to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan) to visit ch...

  • Home Is Where Your Heart Is Home Is Where Your Heart Is

    By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford Every year on each of their children’s birthdays, Tim and Elizabeth recorded their children’s growth progress on the backdoor of their family home. At age three, James was as tall as the doorknob, Catherine brushed just below the top panel at age 12 an...

  • A New Chapter A New Chapter

    By Mary Schricker, SRES Realtor Ruhl&Ruhl Real Estate I have had a wonderful and blessed life! Like most people I have had my share of stormy days and have not escaped life totally unscathed, but I emerged realizing the changes that evolved opened doors to new experiences and challenging oppo...

  • June Dates and Facts June Dates and Facts

    By Eloise Graham June – the first month of summer. June conjures up thoughts of Father’s Day, Flag Day and drive-in movies! Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. This year it will be June 19, 2011. The first Father’s Day observance was in July 5, 1908. For 64 ye...