The song of a bird. The giggle of a child. The punchline of a joke. These are just some of the sounds that most of us take for granted, yet they are not discernable to many people with high frequency hearing loss.
John snored all of his life. His dad and college roommate did too.
It wasn’t a big deal—that is, until he got married...
Vision Quest
"I can see clearly now the rain is gone..."
The song that played in my head for weeks before my eye surgery. It continued to play in for weeks following. Every now and then I sing it out loud when I begin to take my perfect eyesight for granted...
My grandfather was a surfcaster. He was a man of many parts—attorney-at-law, investor, family man, athlete, amateur photographer, champion trap shooter, frustrated violinist.
But if there was one activity in the world that he loved more than any other, it was
fishing off a beach...
Dance Fever
Yes, Ballroom Dancing is back, and it's
HOTTER than ever!
Heads held high and hands adeptly placed, they stood in perfect pairings, poised and ready. As strains of Sinatra poured from the speakers, they began their slow and meticulous movements. Step, step, glide. Step, step, pause. Pirouette and linger. Repeat...
Human growth
hormone. aka HGH. It
helps you lose weight, increases your energy level, improves
brain power, maintains muscle tone, enhances sexual function
and adds a youthful glow to your skin. Taken in ungodly amonts,
it also apparently helps you hit a baseball 400 feet...
Nothing feels
better than the warm summer sun beating down on our face. Yet
our love affair with the surf, sand and sun can wreak havoc
on our skin. That doesn’t mean we should stay indoors
and hide from every ray of light. We just need to be smart...
I met with
Dr. Fernando Delasotta, a renowned neurosurgeon in Linwood
who had performed successful back surgery on my husband several
years earlier. He did a series of simple tests and ordered
an MRI...
Make
it Happen!
You vow that this year you'll do
it. If it were only that simple.
New Year’s
Eve. The ball drops. You kiss your sweetheart. You hug your
friends and toast the new year with your best rendition of
Auld Lang Syne. You’re overcome with a sense of optimism
that accompanies a fresh start, a new beginning...
The moment
I hear the music, my foot starts tapping. It has always
been that way. Ever since I can remember, I have loved to dance.
Unlike most little girls, I never took tap or ballet. I always
played sports, which left little time for anything else. But
I still danced...
A
Single Breath
A child’s life-threatening
asthma attack
opens a mother’s eyes.
It's a warm
Sunday morning. The sun is shining with the promise of a new
day. But my thoughts are focused on my three-year-old son who
lies in a hospital bed on oxygen and an intravenous line. His
breathing is stabilized, but still more rapid than usual. He
is an asthmatic...
