VIII. Meeting Life's Challenges

"Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

Many couples face devastating news when doctors have diagnosed a partner with a serious illness or disease that has life-threatening consequences. Part of successful coping is to go through it together.

Why is it so important for an ill person to talk about their emotions? Talking is a form of coping. Deep communication is a buffer to stress. By talking to your spouse, you try to make sense ...

A high school junior, a daughter of friends, was gravely injured in a car/pedestrian accident. The police estimated the car was going 50-60 miles per hour. Her life hung by a thread and the best medical help science could offer. A physician, to quote the parents, "an amazing guy," encouraged them to hope and be patient when others counseled them not to take heroic efforts to save her life.

To have her alive is a blessing, a miracle. Other teens and young adults who hav ...

It's been a year since I was in the throes of deciding what to do about my newly diagnosed prostate cancer. Looking back, those where trying times. I had a radical prostatectomy on May 15, 1997. I had good results. To date the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test has revealed no new cancer.

I interviewed nurse David Knudson and Dr. Henri Lanctin of the Prostate Health Center at MedCenter One is Bismarck, North Dakota for background on prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer i ...

A while back, I asked my daughter Tawny to collaborate with me on giving dating advice to 16 year olds. She did a fine job and so I've asked her again to write a piece about living with college roommates. Don't worry about my abdicating this space on a permanent basis. Tawny will be serving as a missionary in Mongolia for the next year and half.

With the approach of fall, thousands of college students are moving into their new dorm rooms or apartments. Box after box is carried i ...

I wrote a column about Girard Sagmiller's first hand account on what it was like to grow up with a learning disability. To find out what the experts had to say about learning disabilities, I contacted three psychologists who are nationally known

Ernie D'Bartolo resigns as the owner of the San Francisco 49ers pending an indictment on gambling fraud. Two former Arizona State basketball players plead guilty to point shaving. Marv Albert lied to NBC about his innocence in a much publicized

We are delighted as our parents experience rich and full lives and live well into old age. With this delight come new responsibilities. Children step in and provide needed help to maintain the health, safety and well-being of their parents. This