May 2025

Whether it’s advancing to the next grade or high school graduation, this time of year is full of big transitions — and the big feelings that can accompany them — for parents and kids alike.

Is there anything better than the first bite of your favorite meal? I don’t think so. The way the flavors rush over your pallet rewards the anticipation of a well-executed meal.

I’m a sucker for cold cases. I grew up in the era of “Law & Order,” “FBI Files,” “Unsolved Mysteries” and Robert Stack’s voice lulling me to sleep until the impending background music woke me up to believing someone was in my house with a kitchen blade.

Inflammation is our body’s natural response to stress, injury or infection. Acute or short-term inflammation is beneficial in helping us heal from injury, but chronic inflammation is NOT helpful to our bodies and can cause a variety of health complications (such as arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, digestive diseases and sleep disorders).

So, you’re sitting there at work. It’s 3 p.m., and you know you are supposed to go to the gym when you get off in an hour.