Laurie Stroud
Special Feature: The Empty Red Chair or a Legacy of Love?
February has always been known as the month of love! Whether its red hearts full of chocolate, red roses, big red stuffed animals or big red balloons, people spend millions of dollars every year on these various gifts trying to show their love for the special people in their lives. True love is so much more than …
Money Matters
Investing as a Couple: Getting to Yes In a perfect world, both halves of a couple share the same investment goals and agree on the best way to try to reach them. It doesn’t always work that way; disagreements about money are often a source of friction between couples. How can you bridge that gap? …
The Joys & Financial Challenges of Parenthood
As our children travel the long and never-dull road from infancy to adulthood, we nurture them, worry about them, scold them, and love them. Most of all, we try to protect them. We want them to grow up in a stable world, one in which they are physically safe, emotionally nurtured, and financially secure. Still, …
BRONNER: A Journey to Understanding
I remember the day I heard the news. My family was sitting at a restaurant table, discussing the sermon we had heard earlier that Sunday morning. In the midst of our banter and laughter, a text message popped up on my wife’s phone. Suddenly, the world impinged itself upon us and the table grew somber. …
Shakespeare Comes Alive
Prince of Peace Catholic School has a long-standing tradition for its eighth grade students to study and perform William Shakespeare’s plays as part of their world literature class. In seventh grade, the students learn about the life and times of Shakespeare through novels and story versions of plays and then perform the plays during their …
5 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Pets
Schedule two veterinary appointments this year. Pets need regular veterinary care to live long, healthy, happy lives. The best time to bring your pet in is for a wellness checkup. Seeing your pet when he or she is feeling good gives veterinarians a baseline to use in case of trouble. Yearly lab work provides information …
The Journey to a Better Body in 2016
There are many health benefits to losing weight. You will feel better, gain self-confidence, and finally fit into that bathing suit and look good doing it! Not to mention that you will be doing your body a huge favor by eliminating the sodas, chips, and chocolate (well, maybe not all of the chocolate) from your …
Expanded Services & Sisters Garden at St. Vincent’s 119
The new Outpatient Surgery Center and Urgent Care Center on the campus of St. Vincent’s 119 will begin seeing patients this month. “More than 10 years ago, St. Vincent’s set out to create a new kind of healthcare within the community. Healthcare that focuses on not only taking care of you when you’re sick, but …