*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on HealthDay. Seniors and teens are more likely to drive vehicles that lack important safety features, a new study finds. That adds to risks on the road. Newly licensed drivers have the highest crash risk of any age group, while older drivers have the highest fatal…
Anger, guilt, anxiety, loneliness, stress and exhaustion. Pick a feeling and a special needs caregiver has experienced it, and not occasionally or seasonally. No, it’s more likely experienced on a very consistent basis, if not a daily one. I know I struggle with these emotions on a weekly basis. How could I not? I have…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Forbes. A 15-year old girl from Oklahoma has reportedly died after taking an excessive amount of the anti-allergy medication Benadryl as part of a challenge on social media app TikTok. The challenge involves TikTok users daring each other to take large amounts of the medication,…
“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us …” Heb. 12:1 In this marathon of life, we all have temptations toward the “sin…
Trending Today on Twitter – 9/4/20 1. #TrumpHatesVeterans 2. McCain 3. Adrian Peterson 4. #FridayFeeling 5. Big Sean 6. #FreePcFriday 7. Antonio Gibson 8. #FridayMotivation 9. #fridaymorning 10. Game Day Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 9/4/20 1. Celtics 2. Jessica Krug 3. Super Mario 3D All-Stars 4. Steve Nash 5. Flyers 6. Mulan 7. Tomi Lahren…
Full disclosure: I sat down to work on this blog with absolutely no clue what I was going to write about. I have been numb with depression lately. Except on those days when I am energized by anger. Neither are exactly helpful for stirring up the creative juices. Some of it has to do with…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on ScienceDaily. Adolescents who perceive their parents to be loving and supportive are less likely to engage in cyberbullying, according to a new study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The findings, published in the International Journal of Bullying Prevention, are especially relevant…
On a hot summer’s day, my brother walks through a vast field with corn standing taller than he. At a specific spot, he tears off an ear of corn and starts counting the kernels he finds. From samples he pulls, he will then calculate the potential yield for his crop. My father, brother, and nephews…
“When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” Mark 5:27-28 We’ve had to adjust a lot of expectations around here this year—and that’s an understatement. Vacations, pool parties, summer camp and visits from friends…
Trending Today on Twitter – 8/28/20 1. Rand Paul 2. #FridayThoughts 3. No Ceilings 4. #IStandWithJKRowling 5. Jim Gaffigan 6. #FridayFeeling 7. #FridayMotivation 8. #fridaymorning 9. Emmett Till 10. I Have a Dream Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 8/28/20 1. The New Mutants 2. March on Washington 3. Colby Covington 4. Shinzo Abe 5. Rand…