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By Pamela Lannom [email protected] AdventHealth Hinsdale Hospital nurse Juliet Godar finds healing whenever she is close to water. Mark Bondarenko, who works in spiritual care, heals by exploring Yosemite National Park. CEO Adam Maycock heals by spending time with his daughters. "Whether it's hot or cold, we find time to celebrate what's right and embrace nature. Every time I spend even a few minutes with my daughters, my mental load is lightened and I remember that...
We've all heard the flight attendant's speech: In the event the cabin loses pressure and the oxygen masks drop, secure your own mask before helping others. The directions might sound counterintuitive to those inclined to first tend to those in need of assistance. But if you don't take care of yourself, there's no way you'll be able to care for others. In the airplane example the instructions are clear and easy to follow. In many other situations in life, determining how to...
What is the Crisis Text Line? Young people might not always be comfortable sharing their inner struggles with a parent, school counselor or coach. That is where the Crisis Text Line comes in. Adolescents simply text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the U.S., 24 hours a day. "They will talk with a trained crisis counselor, a volunteer who has been trained to take the client from a 'hot' moment to a moment of cool calm," said Beth Murin, program and communications officer for Hin...
One of the joys of my work as pastor at Hinsdale Covenant Church is making our church building available for a community men's group called Men's Fraternity (runs October-February each year). The mission of this group is to equip men in our community to be better fathers, husbands, employees and employers. We meet at the crack of dawn and usually have 50 to 70 men from the community sitting around tables together, learning and growing. One November morning our speaker was Juli...
How can music help people feel better? "Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Berthold Auerbach As a medical student, Dr. Benjamin Levy had grown close to a patient with severe heart failure who had spent weeks in the hospital waiting for a heart transplant. Also a cellist, he brought in his instrument one day in a effort to ease the patient's anxiety. His tour schedule quickly expanded as he recognized the therapeutic power the music had. "The nurses k...
While waiting for my spouse's flight to arrive at the airport, I observed a woman who looked exhausted slowly walking toward the greeting area where other family and friends were waiting. You could see her tiredness in the way she walked, the expression on her face and, as she got closer, the look in her eyes. Perhaps she was weary from a long flight woefully delayed, or she was just tired from something else that day. I then saw a small boy walking toward the woman. The...
A group of four neighbors met for a drink one afternoon two years ago, with no idea how significant the gathering would become. "Jodi, on a random Tuesday, it was sunny, all our husbands were away, said, 'Do you want to go to Fuller House?' " Nerida Thomas recalled. "We walked. That was the start one." A week later, the world had shut down due to COVID-19. Thomas, Jodi Brubaker and Marnie Joy, all of whom live on Grant Street, and Ali Guinta, whose house is around the corner...
Trying to anticipate the next turn the COVID-19 pandemic will take is exhausting. We all remember how we were going to stay home for two weeks in March of 2020 to “flatten the curve,” right? Of course, the curve didn’t flatten and those two weeks have extended into two years. The pandemic looks different now than it did in the early days. The variants currently in circulation are significantly weaker, and we’ve learned a lot about how the virus is or is not transmitted. But we still find ourselves on a bit of a roller...
