Well Being Magazine

How Healthy is Your Retirement Plan?

According to AARP It all depends on what you’ve saved and how well you wish to live. Like eating vegetables and exercising, saving for retirement is one of those things that is all too easy to put off for tomorrow. But the longer you wait to start saving, the more you have to save every year – and the higher the risk that you won’t be able to retire at 65 Read more »

The Mississippi Children’s Museum Literacy Garden

A magical place of imagination and fantasy and where learning meets fun In June of 2014, the Mississippi Children’s Museum opened its doors to a world of outdoor adventure, creativity and learning when it introduced a much-anticipated outdoor gallery, called The Literacy Garden. According to Susan Garrard, MCM President and CEO, upon the Garden’s grand opening, “The Literacy Garden is a one-of-a-kind experience for children to cultivate early childhood literacy skills in Read more »

“Heyyyyyy” A big thumbs up for the former Fonz

Henry Winkler encourages kids with dyslexia by creating a fictional hero Hank Zipzer, who shares their challenges and achievements. You probably remember veteran actor Henry Winkler as the too cool for school Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli in the 1974-84 television comedy series Happy Days, co-starring well-known director Ron Howard. But in addition to a long and successful acting career, over the past dozen or so years Winkler has distinguished himself as Read more »

BABY STEPS Healthy Milestones in Your Baby’s 1st Year

Skills such as smiling for the first time, waving “bye-bye” or taking a first step aren’t just “baby stuff,” and a source for parental pride. They are important measurements of a baby’s normal development, called developmental milestones, and represent the things most children can do by a certain age. It’s important for all babies and children to reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, behave, and move (like crawling, Read more »