Once again, this Thanksgiving we are grateful to all the people who keep this mission alive day after day: to ensure that each and every one of us understands, communicates, and has honored their end of life wishes.
Seems almost more fitting than usual this year – the year of making change happen. 2011 gave us [...]

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There’s a great article in the New York Times on a church-based initiative to help combat the high rates of obesity and diabetes in the Mississippi delta. The goal is to have in place a “health ambassador” in every one of the National Baptist Convention’s 10,000 member churches by September 2012.
That means doing things like [...]

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We grow up hearing about not judging a book by its cover. But recently an article was written in the Boston Globe about perceptions of an organization that is near to my heart, the Junior League of Boston.
Some people give me a blank stare when I mention the Junior League. Those who grew up down [...]

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For three years running now, many of us bloggers have participated in what we’ve called a “blog rally” to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at making sure all of us understand , communicate, and have honored our end-of-life wishes.
The rally is timed to coincide with a weekend when most of us are [...]

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Last Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers participated in the first documented “blog rally” to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes.
It was a great success, with over 100 bloggers in the healthcare space and beyond participating and spreading the word. Plus, it [...]

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One of my favorite pizza places in town has a lobby that’s full of those “Best of…” plaques. It’s got that local feel, too – one of those places where the woman behind the counter gives the kids cookies while we wait. (As you can probably guess, it’s also one of their favorite places for [...]

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