Articles by Sharon McMahon

Be Well “The Good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.” – Vincent Lombardi A profound statement by Vince Lombardi,…

Be Well “Live long and prosper.” — Mr. Spock Although I am not a “Trekkie” as such, I do admit to being partial to Spock’s outlook on life which downplayed…

Be Well “It bothers me when women think that they’re not allowed to look older … because that’s what I am.” – Sally Field, age 70+ I don’t know how…

Be Well “This is the first day of the rest of your life…” “Hold Us Together” – Mayer and Wilson As promised a few weeks ago, this article will focus…

Be Well Bear with me, Readers. I am going “off topic” this week and instead of my usual one quote I will use several … “Our liberty depends on the…

Be Well “He who buys what he does not need steals from himself.” – Swedish proverb The good news: We celebrated our country’s 242nd birthday! The bad news: We are…

Be Well “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis Well, we are facing that mid-point in our “New Year’s…

Be Well “Pets can actually help even if you have started to show evidence of heart problems. In an intriguing study published in the American Journal of Cardiology, researchers followed…

Be Well Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower The verb definitely trumps the noun in the above quote by General/President Eisenhower. Although my column primarily addresses…