Transform Your Health with Small, Consistent Steps Since I have lost more than 100 pounds and have a new life, I am always on the outlook to meet others who have also succeeded at the weight-loss game. The journeys are often similar, and it is [...]
How Organizing Your Fridge Can Transform Your Weight-Loss Journey When you order a meal in a restaurant, you expect a wait of 15 to 20 minutes. When I began a serious weight-loss plan, I knew I would have to work the same kind of turn-around [...]
A Life of Love and Service: Remembering Jayne Malan From week to week I often wonder what should be the next article that I write. Today (March 22, 2013) while attending a funeral of one of God’s elect daughters I knew what I was to [...]
A Hidden Gem: The Longji Rice Terraces It was about five years ago I went to China and stayed in a little village in the south for six weeks. The village was just outside of Guilin, in Guangi Providence. My friends ask me if I [...]
Match Making in 21st Century China Matchmaking Near the Forbidden City In China near the Forbidden City along the moat that surrounds the Imperial City walls is a plaque at the base of a grove of Cyprus trees that marks the spot where David O. [...]
My Health Transformation Journey This past week I had the opportunity to go to Los Angeles and attend a celebration for a woman who started her dream job 25 years ago. She is a person who has had a profound influence on my health. As [...]
New Year, New Responsibilities: Delegating Household Tasks With the New Year comes the opportunity to delegate household responsibilities. I remember as a high school student this happened in our home. My mother decided that she would go back to teaching and so she did not [...]
Celebrating Spring Festival in China: A Personal Experience of the Lunar New Year Tradition Chengdu, China: Ever since I have been coming to China as a Tour Director people have ask me if I have ever been to their biggest holiday, Spring Festival. I got [...]
Eating out in China can be a different experience than eating out in America. Two of my favorite dishes to have when I go out and eat are Chinese hot pot and barbeque. Chinese hot pot is like a fondue pot but instead of oil [...]
Transforming Comfort Food: Healthy and Nutritious Options When I have flashbacks of the long ago days when almost any rich delicious food was a comfort food for me, I also remember the aches and pains and how hard it was to get around when I [...]
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