Home Births

Home Births

I cringe at the mere mention of the words Home Birth. As much as I don’t want to offend the exceptional nurse midwives who provide this approach, and do not want to belittle the exercise of self-determination by mothers who choose this route, I worry about the...
God and Men: Skin Cancer

God and Men: Skin Cancer

He was a god watching over the woman as she slapped at the waves arduously trying to remove her ill fitted orange bathing suit. He glared at the chubby baby whose immature gait tackled the uneven terrain of white sand. This god hovered over the fifty something woman...
Nurture Yourself with Food

Nurture Yourself with Food

    It’s been a long cold winter. When it’s cold, we all deserve some pampering. I like to pamper myself with good food.  Food that, nurtures my body and warms my soul. After exhausting my muscles with shoveling, I often sat down and had a warm...
Go RED Everyday!

Go RED Everyday!

 Stop smoking. If you plan on smoking, you should also plan on dying young and probably dying of a heart attack. When blood supply to the heart gets to a critically low point, when the artery that sends nutrients and oxygen to the heart muscle narrows, you will suffer...

Can’t Sleep?

T’is the season of merry and many sleepless nights. Many of us who already suffer from insomnia will further wrestle with this villain this holiday season. In celebration of the end of one year and the beginning of another, we will spend without restraint, travel...