Active Lifestyle

You finally did it! After years of thinking about downsizing and moving to a condominium, retirement community or apartment, you saw your dream come true in 2015. Now it’s time…

 Written By: Molly Kavanaugh Colby, only 3 years old, knows how to deal with stress.  “I watch the gerbils,” says the preschooler at Kendal’s Early Learning Center. Learning how to…

Written By: Molly Kavanaugh In a keepsake frame by my bed is a handwritten letter from my father, mailed to me during college. The letter itself is nothing fancy, just…

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…