Active Lifestyle

For many, the holiday season and year-end means donating to charitable and non-profit organizations that help people and the planet.   If you are a regular donor, you get plenty…

Written by Molly Kavanaugh Sometimes it’s a small gesture. The birdfeeder hanging by the window of the Stephens Care Center needs to be refilled. Or maybe the resident wants to…

Written By: Molly Kavanaugh “Don’t buy me a present. I don’t want anything,” she explains. “I have everything I need. Save your money,” he urges. Most of us have at…

Written By: Molly Kavanaugh Many families and friends will soon gather around a table overflowing with sensory delights and share words and gestures of thankfulness. But a “gratitude attitude” offers…

Written By: Molly Kavanaugh My four favorite older adults are now deceased, but when gift-giving season comes around I still smile remembering those perfect gifts I once found for them:

Written By: Molly Kavanaugh Nothing quite says the winter holiday season is here like the scent of fresh pine branches and selecting a sample—be it a wreath, tree or garland—can…

Written By: Molly Kavanaugh Helen Thompson Taylor was recovering from a serious car accident at Kendal’s Stephens Care Center when there was a knock on the door. A retired music…

Written By: Molly Kavanaugh “I am deaf. And it’s a huge pain in the neck. And that other four-letter place.” So begins a blog by Frances Kolarek, who minces no…

Written By: Molly Kavanaugh A Spokane grandmother wanted to have the last word. Turn off the electronics, take yourself or a kid out for ice cream and talk about their…