Shelly D Templin

Tonight as I slathered on the cream from a jar that is supposed to keep me from feeling my age and cream from another jar that is supposed to hide my wrinkles, I see two other jars that are filled with “good for me” things. The other jars don’t offer promises of youth. They are healthy. The others jars are gummy vitamins! Chewable, gummy vitamins. When I was in my 20’s and my grandmother was diagnosed with osteoporosis, I was told I needed to take large amounts of calcium. I ordered the Keep Reading...

I kind of live in the country. By “kind of” I mean that I live in a neighborhood with land between my neighbors and a bit of a drive to “town.” Well, it’s only four miles away but I drive past pastures to get there so it seems further and feels like the country. It is quiet in my neighborhood so I was a little shocked when I heard what sounded like a helicopter flying low over my house. It sounded like it was going to land on my house. I ran outside to see what was happening. Nothing. No Keep Reading...

I loaded my suburban - my suburban with 220,000 miles on it – for a fifteen hour drive to Colorado. At 10:30 in the morning, one of my daughters' friends arrived at our house and added her bags to our pile before starting the actual loading process. We stuffed the luggage carrier on top of the car first then fit the suitcases in the back like puzzle pieces. The four of us and two dogs backed out of the driveway on time. Woohoo! On time. We drove across town, picked up another daughters' Keep Reading...

Check out this Promo Video This week, I launched a book I recently published.  What is the book about? My brother, Glen House, MD, was a typical twenty-year-old, college student when he suffered a skiing accident that paralyzed him. But he never pitied himself, was angry or wavered in his faith. Instead, he pushed forward - with often nothing but sheer determination to sustain and motivate him - and went on to become a doctor, inventor, businessman, husband and father who now daily touches Keep Reading...