Random Acts of Kindness

#shareloveandkindness  Random Acts of Kindness Week is February 12-18! Please join us in celebrating #RAKWeek2017 and #shareloveandkindness to unite the Maria community through kindness and our mercy mission.  Take a […]

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Through the Eyes of a Child

In my last blog entry, I focused on some remarkable people in their very senior years with the idea that a person is only as old as they feel. Well, a […]

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You’re Never Too Old

Each time we enter a new year and the number changes, I become all too aware of the passage of time. Here we are in 2017 already while I still […]

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Feeling All the Feels

Have you ever been in a hospital or doctor’s office, feeling vulnerable, anxious, uncertain, or just plain old terrified? Have you ever personally experienced—or witnessed another person’s—excruciating pain—either physical or […]

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Welcome to a New Year

Over the past week, the word new has probably been used by everyone of us about a billion times which is typical as we enter the new year of 2017. […]

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A Wonderful Lesson

Well, I did it. Just as I do every year around this time, I did it.  This past Saturday, my husband and I watched the NBC broadcast of the Christmas […]

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Welcoming the New Year

With the semester ending at Maria College and the Spring 2017 semester soon to begin in mid-January, with the year 2016 about to come to close on December 31 and […]

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The Third “R”

As students at Maria College prepare for final exams and write those inevitable end-of-the-semester research papers, I am always reminded of the all-important Three Rs of education: reading, ’riting, and […]

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Thankfulness

Next week at this time, we will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, so I wanted to use this week’s blog to share with you what I am thankful for, especially […]

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Well-Rounded Learning

As the first snowflakes of the season fall this week, it seems strange to be hearing the word “spring” around campus, but that is the case as the Spring 2017 […]

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