Silver-Linings Without a doubt, one of my favorite silver-linings of the COVID-19 pandemic was definitely drive-thru Mexican food. I kid you not – during the thick of the pandemic last year, the local Mexican restaurant in town offered drive-thru service, Read More
Give a Man a Fish… I’m sure you know how it goes: “Give a Man a Fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Interestingly enough, the exact Read More
An Embarrassing Story The other day I was meeting someone for the first time. Judging by appearances, I estimated a good ten years of age between us – me being older. (The exact numbers aren’t necessary for this particular story Read More
The Bill From the Ambulance Ride Like many newlywed couples, my husband and I were broke and inexperienced when we first got married. We were a recipe for disaster in Dave Ramsey’s book. For you see, both of us are Read More
Am I the only one who wished there was a “How-to-Do-Life-During-a-Global-Pandemic-for-Dummies” handbook at the initial outbreak of COVID-19? There were so many unknowns: “How am I going to buy groceries?”, “What do I do about my son’s doctor appointments?”, “Do Read More
An Anxious America Do you remember the first time you went to the grocery store after the initial outbreak of COVID-19? I do. I walked in wearing my mask, armed with a can of disinfectant wipes and a bottle of Read More
The Waiting Game One Sunday last month, I experienced my first asthma attack in over two decades. My husband called some friends of ours to come stay with the kids so he could drive me to the hospital. In a Read More
COVID-19: Turn the Ship Around! Like the rest of the world, when the COVID-19 pandemic was materializing, I cancelled all non-emergent checkups for my family and steered-clear of healthcare facilities for quite some time. My youngest son with Cerebral Palsy Read More
The Best of Both It’s no surprise that in today’s technology-saturated culture, there is a vast amount of research on how technology can be used within the world of medicine. However, what I did find surprising was the amount of Read More
David in His Fight Against Goliath This week I feel a bit like David in his fight against Goliath as we tackle the topic of phone etiquette and phone triage within healthcare and how it directly impacts the patient’s experience. Read More