Your Heart’s Health
With my father passing away before his 60th birthday of his fourth heart attack, and my mother passing away (at a much older age) of her second stroke, “heart health” is a very important topic to me. Did you know that more females will pass away this year from heart disease than of breast cancer?
During the weekends and summer months back when I was in college, I taught aerobic classes. If there’s one important lesson to be learned from reading this web page, it’s don’t skip exercise. Although it seems as though every diet on earth these days can say that it works without exercise, in the long run, you may be actually cheating the health of your own heart.
Think about it - if you knew that a few little sit ups or a walk around the block could make a “life-saving” difference for you, you’d do them, right? If not for yourself, then exercise for those you care about and the loved ones that you’d be leaving behind…
If you’d like to visit about this topic in greater detail or perhaps want to talk about caring for someone when they’ve had a stroke, you may easily send me an email by clicking here.
| | The Red Oak Public Library
Some of the fondest memories I have of the small farm community that I grew up in are from the times I spent visiting the Red Oak Public Library. Of course, there were all of those summer reading contests, the glass display cases with their wooden shelves that held treasures from another era, and the remembrance of our librarian, Miss Winters, as she’d slowly pull open a card catalog drawer (no computers back in this day and age!).
As for the books – there were always those books that I was “expected” to read like the classics of “Little Women” and “Pride and Prejudice”. However, my favorite memories of childhood books still drift back to the worn pages of those old “Curious George” books! Perhaps that’s why I still question so many things in this world today…
This special “little red brick” library will turn 101 years old this year! It would be greatly appreciated if you’d be able to help with contributing to its preservation. Any donation will always be greatly cherished, and every penny counts - as libraries are very important, vital resources for farm communities in the Midwest (where Internet services are still scarce and cell phones still do not work reliably). Please send your donation directly to:
Red Oak Public Library
400 North 2nd Street
Red Oak, Iowa 51566
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