There is a feeling of excitement all across LaSalle Parish as our two softball teams hold the number one ranking in their respective divisions, and the playoffs are set to begin this week. The LaSalle Lady Tigers are #1 in Division IV Non-Select, and the Jena Lady Giants are #1 in Division III Non-S...

With tears in his eyes and a quiver in his voice, the 82-year-old gentleman looked at me and asked, “Do you think I will go to heaven?” The question kind of took me back. This was not a question from one of my Hospice patients, but of a long-time friend and member of my Church. I have known Travis f...

My Friend is 65; shouldn’t she be exempt from Medicare payroll taxes? Dear Rusty: My girlfriend is 65 and she just enrolled in Medicare. She is still working full time as a nurse, but they are still deducting Medicare taxes from her paycheck. I thought as soon as you started Medicare, that they woul...

Here is an article from the past. Probably somewhere around 1985. It is a great article about lessons learned.The phone rang and my mother-in-law answ...

I write this as we enter Holy Week. Good Friday is on the horizon and the Resurrection, the most profound gift in human history, follows three days la...

Bouncing back from weeks of being sick is not as easy as it used to be when I was younger. I guess that’s the cost of getting old. Over the last six w...