One of my favorite sayings is “She believed she could, so she did”. I talk to my kids a lot about the power of positivity and the belief that they can do anything they put their minds too. I also balance that with a healthy dose of anything worth having...
I asked my friend, Brian, what he thought of the January 6th insurrection trials … he said he wasn’t paying attention but “what about that Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial - that’s something huh??”. (deep mournful sigh) I remember as a 9 year old kid in May of 1973 listening to...
I was discussing with one of our Orthopedic surgeons the other day about their new “robot” back in surgery. I said, “So, you can be somewhere else and do the surgery?” He replied, “No, no, no. We are still there completely - the robot just allows for increased precision.” I...
Right now summer is in full swing, and that means the kids are busy and our family is on the run. Sports, friends, and all sorts of other events have now consumed our lives with no real end in sight. I think this is what summers are. We are trying...
I don’t hear really well. I think it’s because I listen to music too loud - whatever, I’m hard of hearing. This is also age related - as we get older, we can’t hear the high pitches as well as we could in the past. And, I lose things -...
It is official, I have two more babies getting wings and getting ready to fly on their own. The boys are 16 and officially have their licenses. As a mom, I love and hate this stage. I love that they can run errands for me and they don’t need a...
At recent meetings (Iowa Hospital Association and American Hospital Association) the topic of cybersecurity was a hot topic. The chairman of our American Hospital Association group, Phil, shared that his hospital was a victim of cyber theft; they had to pay a ransom and they were offline for 3 to...
Thoughts from Holly On Friday, May 13, 2022 I had my 25th anniversary working at ISH, formally known as WMC and before that formally known as CMH. To say I have seen a lot of changes in the past 25 years is an understatement. When I started we had about...
My life is either a runaway train careening to disaster or a well maintained bullet train. It feels (to me) that things are going really fast, and I need to maintain control. I lost my wallet last week so I think the runaway train is more applicable right now. When...
I am pretty sure I lost my mind this past weekend as we picked up another puppy. We love our labs and our pets are definitely part of our family, but I may have a problem. Oakley is our silver lab (brown) and is a year and half. Whiskey is...
