Well Being Magazine

Doing unto others…

By Lana Turnbull When Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided several chicken processing plants in Mississippi this past August, rounding up around 680 immigrants who were believed to have been working without legal documentation, something incredible, and I might add, very American, happened. As the reality sunk in that hundreds of children, who were attending their first day of school, could potentially return home at the end of Read more »

A Season for Memories

By Lana Turnbull For me, fall more than any other season stirs sweet and nostalgic memories. The strongest memories are often triggered by our senses. Fall days of the past come rushing back to me with the smell of wood smoke, the crunch of leaves, dark cotton dresses and the way pumpkin ‘innards’ feel when you are digging them out of your jack-o’-lantern. It conjures up football games and homecoming parades, Read more »

Chalk it up to more conducive temperatures and lower humidity (hopefully), throw in some killer blue skies, and fall is just about the nicest time of year for fitness and community events. Our September/October issue of Well-Being typically has the largest Calendar of Events of the year, so we notice how many opportunities there are around the state to enjoy fall festivals, 5Ks, golf tournaments, other sporting events and fundraisers Read more »

Without Saying a Word

By Lana Turnbull What is the last thing you say when your spouse and kids leave the house? For many of us, it’s “I love you,” immediately followed by “be careful,” which is another way of saying “I love you.” One of my Delta cousins once told me his mom’s universal directive when he was headed outside was “watch out for snakes,” but that’s a whole other story. We say it Read more »