Paul Forsberg found the Beginning Experience group 10 years ago after his wife died. “I had three sessions of grief counseling, and they just read to us. It wasn’t bad, but I wasn’t getting what I thought I needed,” he said. He read about Beginning Experience in his church program and has been a loyal
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Flu season is here. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department offers the following advice on avoding the bug: Flu viruses are constantly changing. Each flu season, different flu viruses can spread, and they can affect people differently based on the virus and on their body’s ability to fight infection. Some flu seasons are worse than others,
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One in three adults 65 and older falls each year according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and that number has risen sharply over the past decade.  Falls are the leading cause of injury death for older Americans and they can significantly limit the ability of older adults to age in place.  
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Face the music…bite the bullet…take our medicine…we have a lot of phrases for it. They amount to the same issue:  difficult choices involve options that are equally charming…or equally  ugly. Have the surgery?…or tough it out and hope that (benign) tumor will not grow too fast?  Support your son’s fourth career move…or let him know
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