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We all have something to offer. What’s your purpose?

We visited our kids and grandkids last weekend in Maryland. On the way home Lynnda read me excerpts of a memoir, “Doctor Miriam” written by Miriam Daly, MD. Dr. Daly was a mentor for Lynnda beginning when she was a candy striper (hospital volunteer) at age 15 in Albion, Michigan. Lynnda ...

Tourism is big business for our area

Travel and tourism in Ohio and across the country are significant economic development engines, employing hundreds of thousands of people and generating hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue. Locally, tourism is a strong component of our economy, and we work to continuously increase ...

Embrace the future as new year arrives

As 2022 slips into the past, it is a little challenging to look toward 2023 with a heart full of hope. Many of the same issues that have divided Americans for the past few years are still with us. COVID-19 has not gone away — in fact, it is raging across China, where it had been relatively ...

Ditch resolutions for 2023, have a revolution instead

For 2023, New Year’s resolutions are out – and life-changing revolutions are in. It’s amazing the way a one-letter change in the middle of a word can make a world of difference in the promises for we make to ourselves for the new year. Typical New Year’s resolutions are for ...

Discovering the power of your pen

One year from today, if you and I were having a discussion what will your life be like? What will you be doing? What will your relationships be like? How will your health be? How will your financial health be? What will you have accomplished in 2023? We can’t control everything. No one ...

Getting what you really want for Christmas

I can remember when I used to long for a special gift or two for Christmas. Growing up, I would see commercials for toys on TV, or I would find seemingly amazing items in the glossy pages of a catalogue. There were years when I was sure I couldn’t live without some of those things. In an ...