The days after Labor Day mark the official end of summer. I for one have always tried to hold on to summer for as long as possible and not let Labor Day mark the beginning of the end. And why not? If the weather is still warm, the beaches are still open, and we’re still grilling and wearing shorts why …
As if life hasn’t been hard enough- now we have hurricane season to look forward to, and to kick it all off, Hurricane Isaias made its debut reminding us that the pandemic isn’t the only thing we have to worry about this year. According to Colorado State University, the 2020 hurricane season is happening earlier, and a greater number of …
Yes, it’s hard to believe but we’re reacting to the pandemic in really healthy ways and one of them is that as a country we are in our kitchen going at it. We’re cooking more than ever and it could, over time, make us healthier than ever. This is not to say that we also aren’t doing unhealthy activities like …
Right now, even though we are longing to unplug, relax and enjoy these long summer days, it’s hard to avoid the explosion of COVID-19 throughout the country. America has always been a union of many states which vary wildly in their personalities and approaches to problems. Let’s just say that some of those differences are being highlighted in the current …
What are parents going to do this summer without summer camps? Not everyone sends their kids to camp but for many people, it has been a time-honored rite of passage and a formative part of their childhood–not to mention a sometimes much-needed break for parents. Camps began to send out the news in early May that the rumors were true. …
It’s the time-honored rite of passage and a memory that can last a lifetime. To graduate and leave one stage of our lives and move to the next, is an experience that gives a sense of pride and accomplishment as parents and one that our children dream about. Now we all have to be creative about how to celebrate graduations …
With all the discussion about relaxing the guidelines, thoughts have naturally been turning to post quarantine activities. Who among us hasn’t thought about what we would do when the social distancing rules are dropped? Let’s have some fun and let our imaginations run a little wild. Here’s what I will do when I can get out. And it isn’t that …
Seemingly overnight the roles I have played for most of my adult life have changed drastically – my role as a doctor and the role I have as a mother. I signed up for both, but they couldn’t be farther away from their original job requirements. Let’s start with the doctor side of the equation. I’m a practicing cardiologist during …
Today we are going to explore one of the really great things that is coming out of this whole crazy situation. Actually there are quite a few good pieces of news – testing is improving, people are recovering, the environment is getting a break, friends and family are staying in touch using video chat, lots of content is being made …
Well, here we are deep into month 2 of our lockdown, quarantine, enforced isolation or social distancing – whichever term makes you want to laugh or cry, less or more. And if anything is feeling the strain in our current situation it’s our relationships. Whether we think we have a lot of friends or family, a busy work schedule or …
