Archive for Personal Growth
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Mana from Heaven and Cupcakes from the Room Mothers Quite honestly, your humble observer of life and erstwhile cupcake connoisseur, QC Jones has a hard time keeping up with the twists and turns in the world of polite, and politically correct behavior. First of all, I am not completel...
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A Powerful Connection
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “You never know what could be on the other side!” Once or twice a week Gary and I find ourselves crossing a bridge over a large expanse of water in Florida. Last week we drove to Sanibel Island; the Sanibel Causeway spans San Carlos Bay, connecting Sanibel Isla...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Gettysburg The air is hot in this rain of ordnance, Metallic taste acrid in our mouths. Ferrous screams reflex our nerves in Our serried ranks, amid fumes of Gun powder. We blanch, we forge On int...
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My Bucket List
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” .........Abraham Lincoln I am facing 2022 with more trepidation than in past years. I imagine it is because we yanked up our roots and have yet to plant new ones. Bu...
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Calendar of Events – December 2021
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Open AA Meeting - Illowa Intergroup - 24 hour (309) 764-1016 or visit www.aaquadcities.org Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association - Virtual support groups and programs are being offered. For assistance call (563) 293-8058 or the 24/7 helpline at (800) 272...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Squirrel 401(k) Iowa afternoon I sit Idling in the park, Watching sunbeams gild And tint oak and ash bark, See squirrels skylark, Frisk over lawn and trees, Joust with buzzing bees. One buries a...
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Your Advocacy Connection
By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate Is it Time for “The Talk” Time marches on. Kids grow up, we age, and at some point we realize our parents have also aged. It may be a difficult adjustment for both you and your parents but your roles have reversed. It is time for ...
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The Hilltop Campus Village is Thankful For …
The community of the Hilltop is fortunate to have many outreach programs in the area. The Salvation Army, located at 100 Kirkwood serves the Hilltop and beyond. This past October, the Salvation Army teamed with KWQC, 805 Brady Street, to have Project Bundle-Up to help the youth in Quad Cities. Th...
