Dancing To Moments and Memories
By Sandra Dempsey Post Author’s Note: ” Life changes with or without our permission,” I wrote in this article’s second paragraph. Little did I know when submitting it on February 27th for April’s publication how pertinent those words would be less than one month later. This article features reminiscing and some hard-earned wisdom. It seemed […]
The Gift of Time Together
by Micki McCarthy, CGPA, Director of Gift Planning, OSF HealthCare Foundation and Lanna Scannell, MBA, CFRE, Strategic Philanthropy Officer, OSF HealthCare Foundation Roman Wegrzyn was just 58 when he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. As his symptoms progressed and memories faded, his wife, Karla, was determined to keep Roman home as long as possible, […]
Move It or Lose It! Creating Ways to Stay Active
Part of Sir Isaac Newton’s law of inertia is that a body at rest tends to stay at rest. This law certainly applies to the human body in particular. But while it does require rest, the human body is made to move, to stay active, and to exercise regularly in order to maintain proper long-term […]
July 2020 Bloomington NV Issue
Fostering Dignity
Valerie Beguin paints a picture of the scenes she encountered as a former investigator with Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS)…A phone call is made to the Illinois Child Abuse Hotline which initiates an investigation within 24 hours. The anonymous caller reports seeing his neighbor severely beating her 9-year-old son. An investigation by DCFS […]
