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Savoring the ‘sweet stuff’

My boys were sitting around the kitchen island the other night, eating dinner and sharing some favorite memories about growing up together. Their age range - 20, 18, 14 and twins who are 11 - makes the “remember when” conversations hilarious to overhear, even though my husband and I are ...

Spiritual distancing good for our well-being

There have been lots of communication during recent times about, “Social Distancing.” Which in a nutshell is to keep yourself about 6Ft apart from another person preferably wearing a mask in the effort to cut back on communicable disease, namely COVID-19. And to stay at home to avoid ...

‘I know my path:’ After DACA ruling teen’s future looks bright, safe

When she woke up last Thursday morning, 17-year-old Arlette Morales pulled on a “Home is Here” t-shirt. She didn’t know how prophetic it was.Hours later, Morales, who was two years old when her parents brought her to the United States from Mexico, learned he Supreme Court salvaged an ...

My mother, the essential worker

On the eve of my junior year in high school, my mother returned to the job she’d held before she became pregnant with me, at age 19, and married my father, who was also 19.At age 36, Janey Schultz was once again a nurseĢƵ aide at the public hospital in our small town of Ashtabula, ...

Vote-by-mail gets off to good start

The debut of PennsylvaniaĢƵ new vote-by-mail law on June 2 offered hope that the Nov. 3 general election will not be chaotic or have credible grounds for suspicions of voter fraud or other irregularities.Of course, likely for at least the next several election cycles, many people will ...

One positive side effect of the coronavirus

If you noticed a lot more cash parked in your checking account lately, you’re not alone.Americans haven’t been saving this much money since the Great Depression, and antiquated Depression-era values such as thrift and duty are making a comeback. But embracing those virtues doesn’t mean ...