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Sports As Community Building
In my many years of experience as a spectator, a coach, and a player, I have found many ways sports can act as a strong agent to build communities. Here are some of the avenues I have had direct participation in with sports community building, including the following, but not limited to: By participating in…
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Real Life Examples of Courage
(Photo Credit: If_I_Were_King_of_the_Forest Wizard of Oz Warner Brothers) In my humble opinion, we must summon the courage to face life on life’s terms – the good, the bad, and the ugly. It does not matter where you came from, what religion or non-religion you were raised with or practice, the color of your skin, your…
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Risk Factors of Dementia
Thankfully, there are many specialists in memory care and far more information regarding dementia and Alzheimer’s today than there was in the early 1980s. My great-grandmother (Grammy) suffered from a head injury when she was in her twenties and later, starting in her late sixties, suffered from Alzheimer’s and died by the time she was…