My Dad recently passed away.  This past year, I watched as his health got worse and worse. But his health problems really began 38 years earlier. As a young man, my Dad was healthy and physically active. My mom was pregnant with their 6th child when my Dad went in for a supposedly routine surgery for what was thought to be an ulcer. Seven hours later, my Dad came out of surgery with no stomach and a diagnosis of cancer. 

There are no words to convey the courage my Dad exhibited over the years, because from that point on, he lived a lifetime of daily physical pain. Because...     Continued...

Summertime is here in Utah and with it, the hot, dry weather. As a result, my feet boil often. Why the heat hurts my feet so much, I don’t really know. But it does and summertime can be miserable for me.\

As a mom of four kids, in the springtime, I typically start thinking of all the marvelous things I’m going to do with my kids during the summer:  field trips, outings to the pool and park, library, nearby museums, picnics in the canyon, and visits to educational or historical places nearby. I always have great plans in the springtime for neat, educational things I want...     Continued...

After living my whole life with PC, I find my PC still keeps me guessing. Take these past months. It’s been cold here in Utah. Typically my feet love cold weather. They still do. I still don’t turn the car heater on to the foot vents.  Too hot for my feet. I’m also still sleeping with my feet out of the covers at night. The best thing I love to do is stick my feet out the back door. It’s very cold outside and that...     Continued...