Editor’s Page Guest Editorial by Dr. Lorin Swinehart The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it. The world and all those who live in it. Psalm 24:1 The Christmas season is an appropriate time to reach out and care for the creatures who share our world, including those considered man’s best …
Amahl And The Night Visitors By Barbara Hildt When I was eight my parents took me and my two sisters to see a live performance of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, performed at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. I was deeply moved by the music that …
Does Anyone Else Have This Blot On Paradise? By Jim Dickinsonjim@fdaweb.com I am sitting in my edge of paradise, overlooking the tranquility and peace below and the sweeping vista of Lake Chapala, a rapture that has somehow escaped me all of my life until we arrived here five years ago. The grandeur all around …
ANNIE SULLIVAN—The Miracle Worker By Robert James Taylor Annie Sullivan was born on April 14, 1866, in Feedings Hills, MA to Thomas and Alice Sullivan, impoverished immigrants from County Limerick, Ireland. At age five she contracted trachoma, an eye disease that impaired her vision. Her mother died when she was eight years old, and …
Child Of The Month By Nicole SergentClinic Director Programa Pro Niños Incapacitados Erick Daniel H.R. Erick was born in January 2001 and joined our Chapala Clinic in October 2015. He had been diagnosed with renal insufficiency and was on dialysis for a few years when he first came to the clinic. He was on …
Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Adios, Amigos! This will mark my final installment of “Uncommon Common Sense.” For exactly ten years, it has been a labor of love. I have enjoyed having the privilege of putting my thoughts down every month and receiving thoughtful feedback from readers through letters to the editor, email, …
A Touch Of Class By Margie Keane They are at their favorite Italian Restaurant and Frankie smiles as he watches Millie twirling pasta around her fork. They have been a couple for six years and today he is going to propose. “Whaddaya say, doll, wanna get married?” Millie sighs. “Frankie, you’re great lookin’ and all …
AVALANCHE! Buried Alive It’s only hypothetical, but how would you survive An avalanche scenario: Buried while alive? The only food you could have brought was your own food for thought; Starvation of the mind, it seems, means all you have forgot! In such a situation, aren’t you likely to regret All the petty, …
Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Different Ways Sitting in yet another waiting room at yet another hospital, I await the completion of another medical procedure on my husband. I brought music that I couldn’t listen to, and a book, which I couldn’t read. Instead I stared at one of the hospital cleaning staff. …
Mental Ecology By Blanca Salazar In health matters as in all areas of our lives, it is important to recognize that confidence plays a very important role; to have better results, it is essential to fully believe that the best is possible. To have faith is to trust that the best can happen despite …