GOD HAS YOUR BACK, OH, YEAH!

A few days ago, I attended a celebration of the life of one of my 6^th grade student’s father. Mr. Taylor had died of a heart attack in his sleep, and his son Jessie had found him the next morning. Gratefully, he had not recognized at that time that his dad was dead. Jessie thought he was just sleeping late.

This celebration was a time for family and friends to gather and speak to the group about memories or any thing that was on their minds. Mr. Aden had played professional basketball with Mr. Taylor's brother, and he told about the day of his own transfer away from that team. Mr. Aden  had been very upset and frustrated about being moved. He didn’t want to leave his teammates.

Mr. Aden went on to tell about the conversation he had with Mr. Taylor about the transfer. Mr Taylor had looked at him and told him everything would work out ok. “God has your back, oh yeah!” he said. Mr. Aden said a feeling of peacefulness came over him at that moment, and he knew that it would all work out just fine.

The speaker remembered how much those words had meant to him. When he told this celebration group about it, he added that he knew his friend would say now, that God has all of our backs while we are grieving about the death. It was comforting to know that Mr. Taylor didn’t need God to have his back now. He was WITH God, but we could be assured that He would “have our backs” at any time we needed Him.

Thank you, God, for “having our backs, oh yeah!”

Dr. Morich

RED ROSES!

Vibrant red roses make most situations much more special.

Our son Kyle recently asked his girlfriend to marry him! We were soooooo excited! We love Victoria and were “patiently” and eagerly awaiting their engagement.

Kyle was a classy act as he set up the romantic time to “pop the question.” When Victoria came home from work, he was waiting in her apartment. There was a gorgeous red rose with a lovely picture of the two of them on the front door. She came in the door, and in front of her on a pillar was another magnificent red rose with another lovely picture of them. From this pillar, there were soft rose petals leading into the next room, where Kyle was waiting on bended knee, with another memorable red rose and another one of their lovely pictures. He told her how much he loved her and asked her to be his bride.

She said, “Yes!” and cried and cried. He probably did, too.

Keep those red roses coming! What a beautiful way to celebrate a beautiful occasion!

How often do parents get the opportunity to watch their grown children reach a place in their lives when they choose the person they want to marry and live with for the rest of their lives? What a blessing we feel to watch them nurture those relationships - embrace their differences, cherish their time together and encourage each other to pursue their passions! 

Congratulations, Kyle and Victoria! We couldn’t be happier about your upcoming wedding. May God bless your marriage!

With love,

Colleen

In Love... with Gelato

Love happens in all sorts of surprising situations.

Recently, I've discovered that people have a much more positive outlook on their relationships when they are having gelato (Italian form of ice cream). They smile at the people around them when they feel the creaminess in their mouth. They feel more loving and more lovable when they taste the wonderful flavors. They dream of their relationships and getting together with people they love when they experience a mixture of gelato flavors.

In a word, people realize how special the people around them are when they have gelato to share. Don't miss an opportunity for MORE RICH RELATIONSHIPS! Buy gelato today!

In love...with gelato,

Dr. Morich

Problem Solving Team

Nurse Tiffany made my overnight sleep study as pleasurable as it could be. In the hour that she was hooking me up to all sorts of electrical leads, we were having a running conversation... about running.

She had recently lost 30 pounds with the help of a prescription drug. She was within 5 pounds of her goal weight, but she felt saggy all over. Her skin was loose. She was at a plateau of losing weight. She was done with the prescription drug - too much like uppers that were addictive.

All this while, the leads continued to be attached. She had been in this job for eleven and a half years. I guess she could have done it in her sleep. There must have been 30 or more wires. I sent a picture by text to my husband, whose response was, "How do they expect you to ever get any sleep with all those wires all over you?" But I was not at all anxious or nervous, because Nurse Tiffany and I were working together to solve a problem. How can she firm up her suddenly slimmer, but saggy, body?

So, Nurse Tiffany continued to connect me to the electric wires, and I started asking questions. You need some exercise. What do you like to do? Tiffany really enjoyed walking with her friend, who had also recently lost some weight. They walked 2 miles 2 or 3 times each week. Perfect! That's a start. If you aren't getting the results you want, change what you are doing. So, we talked about how she could change the distance, time and/or difficulty to get her desired results. Nurse Tiffany continuously made comments to let me know she was engaged and very interested in the conversation.

She said that she would really like to run; but every time she tried, she would get out of breath, feel like she was dying and quit. That led to a conversation about being patient and listening to your body. I shared with her the wisdom of my chiropractor when I first wanted to run again. Dr. Salzmann said to stretch before I started, start off on flat  ground, run until I started getting out of breath, then slow down to where I could breath more comfortably. When I had my breath back, speed up a little, but slow back down as needed. She said to go back and forth like that, not beating myself up if I weren't running fast or if I could only run short distances at first. Just focus on constant progress, and add longer, faster, more hilly runs when I felt myself leveling off again.

The thing that I remember most about that night was not the sleep study and the wires that were all over me. The thing that I cherish was the relationship with my nurse. I was confident that I had been helpful to her. She was obviously relieved to hear someone tell her from their experience that she would be just fine, without having to push so hard that it was painful. Solving a problem together had made a potentially uncomfortable night into an enjoyable one.

The next morning, I asked Nurse Tiffany, "Besides the drugs, how did you lose all that weight in the first place? What foods did you eat and not eat?" After our conversation about her exercise the night before, I had been thinking about what I could learn from her about her food plan. So, while she was unhooking all those electrical leads, we addressed my concerns as well. What a team!

I hope all of you find a Nurse Tiffany the next time you are in an uncomfortable situation.

Love,

Dr. Morich