I hope you can look back upon a happy childhood.

I hope you enjoy a good degree of satisfaction.

I hope you are running the race of life with your best effort.

I hope you are loved by your children.

I hope you enjoy good health.

I hope you like yourself.

I hope you try to make a difference in the world.

I hope you practice humility.

I hope you can forgive yourself and others.

I hope you have HOPE!

Tips from a nurse:

Students from across the country tell me that pain relievers are the most-used item in their kits, most commonly ibuprofen which is anti-inflammatory (brand names Advil or Motrin).

Acetaminophen works well for headaches, sore throats and fevers, is easier on the stomach than ibuprofen but can irritate the liver (a problem when alcohol binging coexists.)

For your first aid kit? I recommend a full-size bottle of ibuprofen and a smaller acetaminophen.

But hangover headaches need more. When your pounding headache is the result of alcohol (or a stomach virus), a pain reliever alone will not fix the problem.

Your body needs rehydration. Adding an ample supply of single-serving electrolyte powder packets in your first aid kit is just what the doctor ordered. (CNN)

Your college student should have a first aid kit. Late at night is when it is most needed!

 

A one-time snip of a key gene lowered heart-clogging cholesterol by about 50% over an entire year with no adverse effects, scientists have reported.

The overwhelmingly positive results were found in four people who had taken the highest dose of the experimental treatment during a pilot study published in The New England Journal of Medicine in November 2025.

That study was extremely small — only 15 patients with dangerously high cholesterol that did not respond to medication.

The research was designed to test the safety of five different doses of a gene-altering infusion delivered by CRISPR-Cas9, a biological scissor which cuts a targeted genetic location to modify or turn a gene on or off. (CNN)

Yep, from time to time, we’d have a new face at the dinner table.

My wife lived with a “there’s always room for one more” philosophy.

So, our dinner table was always exciting especially when a new face would add to the chaos!

The neighbors knew their child was probably at the Ervin’s.

My wife has said she’d “Like to do it all over again!”

Those were great times!

Many of your children are called to distant cities by their employer.

Others just like starting a new family with the ability to have some space of their own.

Most parents like to see their kids and grand children nearby.

But, after all the effort involved in raising kids to adulthood, however, they want their kids to be happy.

And they definitely want the kid’s marriages to be successful

That’s the BOTTOM LINE!

You made your decisions.

They should make theirs. (And be supportive!)

One of a kind.

She was a music icon and philanthropist..

She wrote over 3,000 songs and sold 100 million records worldwide.

She has given hudreds of millions of dollars away.

Dolly was very concerned about the lack of children’s literacy

In this regard she gave away hundreds of millions of books.

Fans loved her for her kindness to all people.

She began her life as one of twelve children in a one room cabin.

SHE MADE A DIFFERENCE!

I believe it is essential to clear the slate before we die.

It’s not unusual to hold a grudge against someone and suddenly they die without your forgiveness.

Don’t pass away while you haven’t been reconciled.

As Jesus hung on the cross, He said “Forgive them Father for they know not what they do.”

If our love is meant to be genuine, it must be unconditional!

Drones can clear classrooms and have an embedded speakerphone to communicate with teachers and police.

All that before disorienting and incapacitating a potential school shooter in about a minute.

The tiny and quick drones are being deployed in an increasing number of school districts.

This is part of a growing school security industry as parents and schools find new ways to protect students and staff from carnage.

Though it’s hard to put an exact figure on the industry, it’s estimated to be in the billions.

It’s all aimed at preventing the unique and devastating reality in the United States of shootings in schools. (CNN)

We must strive to do the same.

We can learn a lot from the animal kingdom.

Today’s photo needs no explanation.

Frankly, families are under assault because society is in disarray.

The dictionary tells us that disarray means:

A state of disorder, confusion or lack of organization.

Does that describe your family?

In these times we must “Pull the wagons in a circle'”

The solution to this situation is as it always has been LOVE!

It might require TOUGH LOVE, but it is love all the same.

Your family must always reassure each member that they can ALWAYS count on family.

Family must provide the shelter to the raging storm outside!

If not today, when?

There has been a death in our family.

So, we’re flying to the funeral today

She was a great lady who left this world a better place.

She headed up the nursing school at Rutgers University.

Just think of all the sick people her nurses made well!

We have always believed that it is incumbent upon each of us to “Make A Difference.”

She was one of those people!

Her name is Mary.

May Mary rest in peace.

Amen