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September is Family Meals Month, designed to promote the benefits of eating together and to provide encouragement and support for us to...

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Are you striving to achieve success? What does it take to be successful? Many qualities contribute to success and in this 3-part series I...

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The saying, “don’t miss the forest for the trees,” encourages us to not get bogged down in the details of a situation and lose sight of...

Theodore Roosevelt wisely said, “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” When I taught nutrition communication...

This is the growing season where I live. In our yard we are growing several new patches of grass, dozens of flowers and bushes, and six...