by Beth Lueders | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Resilience
What would social distancing look like in Grandma’s Day? I wonder. My paternal grandmother, Anna, was larger than life to me. Granted, she was a sturdy 5 feet, 10 inches tall with a size 11 foot (imagine trying to find Chuck Taylors in the early 1900s that fit), but...
by Beth Lueders | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog Post, Resilience
Her glazed and dazed look still startles me. Keep calm. Step up. Her darting eyes cast a more gripping fear than catching the novel coronvirus. The elderly woman scanning the empty shelves at Walmart the other night reminds me of me in another twenty-five years. Oh,...
by Beth Lueders | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Resilience
You just never know when your life may turn on a dime. Almost 19-year-old Amberley Snyder didn’t when she glanced down at her road map and lost control of her truck. In an instant she broke her back and faced starting life again from a wheelchair. I was honored last...
by Beth Lueders | Jan 24, 2019 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Resilience
Second best. When is coming in second actually a better accomplishment? Eric Larsen, America’s most accomplished polar explorer, has poignant thoughts on coming in just shy of a top-tier goal. For his December 2018 trek to reach the South Pole in record time, Eric had...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Resilience
Unwittingly, we make friends through Alzheimer’s and dementia. If you are like me, you most likely know someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. Some 5 million people in America are currently facing age-related dementia, and Alzheimer’s is...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 8, 2018 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Resilience
Valor. What does valor mean to you? The dictionary gives us a working definition: val·or /ˈvalər/ noun 1. great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle. “the medals are awarded for acts of valor” I like the list of synonyms that accompanies the...
