The holiday season is full of examples of Nebraskans taking the time to help one another. Just think of the bells we hear and the red Salvation Army buckets we see at the entrances of the stores where we run our daily errands.
It was a cold rainy fall day. I had a medical appointment so I set out to walk the 1.2 miles to the clinic.
will fight to get our country back on track. Help is on the way.
As the holiday season approaches, I wanted to take a moment to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. Christmas is a time for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ and for coming together with loved ones to share in the joy and hope that this holiday brings. I hope that this Christmas season brings you a sense of peace, joy, and gratitude.
with Kirt Manion College bowl season is underway, and the college football season is almost over. That means the NFL will follow suit and in just a couple of months, we’ll be back to a long football hiatus.
1 Corinthians 3:13-14 “Each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.” ESV
Soon, I will gather with state and local officials to celebrate the opening of the Lincoln South Beltway. This 11-mile, four lane freeway connects U.S. Highway 77 to the Nebraska Highway (N-2). It’s expected to divert over 75% of the truck traffic to the new highspeed facility, saving significant travel time and bringing much needed relief to a congested thoroughfare through the city of Lincoln.
Nearly two weeks prior to the first day of winter, we have already seen snow, ice, and freezing conditions across the Third District. While precipitation is needed to relieve Nebraska’s fourth driest year on record, and the snowfall may have many dreaming of a white Christmas, colder than average temperatures are expected to accompany already historically high energy costs this winter.
Last week, I was feeling like a Grinch! Come to think about it, how do I know how a Grandma Grinch feels? At any rate, nothing seemed to be going right. Somewhere along the way the appointments to install my new TV, my new computer and my new printer were lost in space.
Merriam-Webster defines humanity as “compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behavior or disposition.” It is also defined as “the quality or condition of being human.” The first definition is what people want in a health care provider. We all want to be taken care of by a caregiver who is compassionate, kind, sympathetic, and generous with their time and knowledge. Health care providers spend countless hours taking care of patients. In order to do this, at times we ignore our own needs for rest, sleep, and food. We recite mantras of “first do no harm” and “the patient comes first.” Many of us strive for this vision of the “perfect” provider or to be a “health care hero” as we were called during the pandemic.