By Mike DuBose with Dr. David Hurst, DMV What happens when our loving animals die? Many children and adults mourning the death of their beloved pets have asked about seeing them again in Heaven. We interviewed seven, senior ministers to explore their beliefs on whether we will see our petsContinue Reading
By Mike DuBose with Dr. David Hurst, DVM We recently shared the physical and mental positive benefits of having pets. We now turn our attention to a sad part of our series—euthanasia—which in Greek means “Good Death.” Deciding to euthanize our beloved pets—even with a poor quality of life dueContinue Reading
By Mike DuBose with Dr. David Hurst, DVM In our earlier article, we described how our pets bring us great joy and comfort, along with many physical and mental health benefits. Unfortunately, we will outlive our best friends. Animals leave our lives through a variety of ways such as tragicContinue Reading
By Matt BelyusValet Technologies For many years (decades), we have heard that machines will take over jobs for repetitive tasks, and I have seen robots for assembly lines that do what a human can do, but much faster. Is the machine better than a human? Yes, but just for thatContinue Reading
Part 1 By Mike DuBose America’s prosperity and access to great healthcare options provide us with many benefits. Our excellent living conditions have pushed the average American’s life expectancy to nearly 80 years (compared to 54 years in 1914). While the pandemic shortened the length of our lifespans, many ofContinue Reading
By Mike DuBose Following our recent series of finding happiness, we now turn to the darker end of the spectrum. Many of us have personally experienced or witnessed major trauma during our lifetimes that has resulted in unhappiness, traveling down unresolved, very painful roads of suffering, some from childhood orContinue Reading
by Matt Belyus Thank you for checking out the Valet Tech corner. We will be writing tech articles without all the tech jargon so you can better understand the technology and how it can benefit you. We wrote an article on various anti-virus software packages, but it didn’t do justiceContinue Reading
Ok, Husbands and wives, friends and lovers are you ready for the annual LMYRA couples Race? This race can be a real test of teamwork between husband and wife, friends, lovers or a test of their relationship depending on their experience and approach to the racing and sailing in general.Continue Reading
Do you remember a time when you really wanted to be strong but instead it was as though you fell flat? Frequently, when we are faced with some challenge, especially an emotional or spiritual challenge, we find our resources are inadequate. In the Bible in the New Testament we areContinue Reading
Hattie’s View With exception of two elderly Grandpas there were no men on our block. The young fathers and husbands were all deployed. We lived on the 1100 block of Greene Street, at Lower Main, in downtown Columbia. Mom, baby brother Len and I, were surviving with the helpContinue Reading