Travel Safely During COVID-19
By Sandra Bolan You’ve been quarantined for nearly three months, only leaving your home to get groceries, go to work or for a long walk somewhere that is not your neighborhood because you’ve walked your dog around it so many time you’ve worn your own path. Before the pandemic, you had trips booked for spring […]
Amid Pandemic, Healthcare Workers See Smiles in Small Gifts
By Tony Montcalm, Tanner Health System It had been a bad day. But a small, surprise packet of lip balm turned it around. Misty Conerly had joined a small Facebook group of other Greenway Health employees who shared small Amazon wish lists among themselves. Members would periodically pick an item and “gift” it – nothing big or […]
SHEROES
Local Nurses Share Their Pandemic Experience When Hope Davenport was growing up with her two brothers in Ranburne, Ala., they spent every summer with their elderly grandparents. Even at a young age, Hope knew she wanted to be a nurse. “I always felt like I needed to take care of my grandparents,” she says. “Being […]
“Love Our Locals” Raffle Nets Over $85,000 for Small Businesses
When non-essential businesses were forced to close in March due to the coronavirus, Publisher Angela Dailey was deeply concerned for local business owners. “There were a few sleepless nights, just thinking about all of these people who were about to lose their livelihood,” she shares. “I felt I had a responsibility to do something to […]
What to Expect When You’re Expecting During Covid-19
Megan Grilliot, MD, obstetrics & gynecology specialist with Tanner Healthcare for Women answers some common questions. Are pregnant women more at risk for contracting COVID-19 than the general population? Currently, there is no evidence that pregnant women are at greater risk for contracting COVID-19 or becoming severely ill from the disease. There is, however, much […]
Hope for the Future
Three Local Mothers Share Their Experience After Giving Birth During the Pandemic By Angela Dailey Dina Davis wasn’t supposed to be in the hospital that week in March when the deadly coronavirus began sweeping across our nation. Her baby boy, Ezra Matthew, wasn’t due until June 26 – another 15 weeks. But when Dina was only […]
Holding on to Hope and One Another in a Wounded World
By Fred Richards-Daishi, Ph.D. Here’s the scene. It is 1916. The German army is launching a gas attack against the Russian defenses. A moving wall of yellow fog envelopes the Russian troops. The German infantry advances, breaks through the barbed wire barriers and then disappears. The winds shift and both armies are engulfed in the […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Breaking the stigma of mental illness. By Sandra Bolan When a person tells a friend, co-worker or boss, “I suffer from a mental illness,” the reactions can range anywhere from acceptance and wanting to help, to that person being shunned. Tell those same people you suffer from cancer or diabetes, and the amount of support […]
Fun Things to Explore While Staying Home
Museums The Louvre museum, the world’s largest art museum and historic monument in Paris, offers free virtual tours of Egyptian collections, the remains of the Louvre’s moat, artwork from Rembrandt, Tintoretto and Delacroix and more. http://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs The Vatican museum houses the Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s Room, St. Peter’s Basilica and more. http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.html Atlanta’s High Museum of […]
Supper Superhero
Keep Your Family Safe When Preparing Meals By Sandra Bolan Now that most of West Georgia is staying home in an attempt to flatten the curve of the devastating coronavirus, more of us may be preparing meals for our families ourselves. Preparing and handling foods safely can help prevent your family from becoming seriously ill. […]
