Some things in life are easy to describe. I have a friend named Jessie. We have worked together for years. At first, it was at a physical therapy clinic in New Jersey. Jessie ran the front desk and made sure that the scheduling and insurance authorization ran smoothly. I later…

I met Anthony in December of 2017. He was 99 years old and living in a senior building in New Jersey. Before I entered this building, I did what any home care physical therapist would. I read his medical chart on a computer. …

Some things in life happen where we least expect them. At a Veteran’s home in NJ, there lives a man who was born in the Bronx. His name is Joe B. Joe served as a Marine in World War II and returned home to the tri-state area. He joined the…

“From the day we arrive on the planet And blinking step into the sun, There’s more to see than can ever be seen, ​More to do than can ever be done” Meet the Smith Family. Candy and Terry Smith own a dog breeding farm in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, with their two…

I think it is fair to say that people living in the Tri-State area have a skewed view of the State of Texas. I was guilty of this same cultural slant, and I imagined that life there would resemble what was depicted in the 1973 film, entitled The Great American…

In working with the elderly, there are many times wherein I witness a violation of the idea of Energy Conservation. I am not talking about leaving on too many lights or televisions to drive up the electricity bill, using too much water to feed the garden or buying more food…

For any of you that have traveled to the Iberian Peninsula, you already know that any home therein in a castle unto itself. It does not matter if this dwelling is an apartment building with gilded arches near the Tagus River of Lisbon, a ranch-style farmhouse within the vineyards outside…

We all have a group of friends who adore the work of Nicholas Sparks. Perhaps his most popular story was captured in a film in 2004 entitled The Notebook. In this tale, an elderly woman is played by Geena Rowlands, is at the end of her life and is plagued…

When I was just 13 years old, I sang in the Middle School choir. One of the songs that was featured in our final spring concert was Jamaica Farewell. This choice was made by the choral director, and she knew exactly what she was doing. We were a gaggle of…