“The casseroles cooled, the cards slowed to a trickle, and conversations shifted back to everyday life. While my circumstances remained unchanged, it often felt like everyone else had forgotten. Yet, without fail, you remember us year after year, and that reminder means more than words.” (Link Below)

A couple of weeks ago, I went out to dinner alone while traveling for work. When my meal arrived, the soup was in a Styrofoam container, and the cutlery was plastic. I hadn’t ordered it to go—I was sitting in the restaurant. This wasn’t a fast-food joint or a convenience store counter; this was a […]

“I’m sure I’m not the only one who goes crazy from their kids asking for every single thing they see in a grocery store. I tell them no lots, but I think naturally kids just see and ask. Well, to distract them from this I started letting them pick out one can for the food […]

In March 1945, 22-year-old Ensign Jane Louise “Candy” Kendeigh, a Navy flight nurse from Ohio, made history as the first U.S. Navy nurse to land on an active Pacific battlefield during World War II. Born on March 30, 1922, in Henrietta Township, Jane graduated from nursing school in Cleveland before joining the Navy’s School of […]