Wait-free flu shots
After a morning at the dentist’s office, Mama and I stopped at a flu shot clinic on our way home. We got lucky and there was no line, and they […]
A lovely way to vote
Elections are two weeks from today, but we took our mail-in ballots to the county office today. Mama and I live in a mail-in voting only area, but we like […]
Celebrating 1,000 good things
When I started writing about one good thing each day on January 1st, 2016, I had no idea what it would become. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to […]
New pharmacy and lab
Our hospital recently opened a new building with medical offices, imaging, lab, and pharmacy — and it is around the corner from our home. Today was my first trip there; it […]
Keeping my healthcare
Today I am deeply grateful that the Affordable Care Act (also called ObamaCare) was saved. This means lives were saved today — including my own. This is deeply personal to me. […]
Stirring civic engagement
This morning Mama and I got up very early and tried to attend a local Town Hall meeting with our federal and state representatives. About 2,000 of our neighbors had […]
Faith in humanity restored
The Nosy Parker family was devastated by the election results in November. We still can’t believe hate and intolerance won. We are terrified that our basic human rights — and […]
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