November’s Letter From the CEO
Dear Friends, I suspect many of you are familiar with Blue Zones, a non-scientific term describing areas in the world where people live exceptionally long and healthy lives. There are claims of people living beyond
October’s Letter From the CEO
Dear Friends, Last month at the Honolulu chapter’s Amazing Care Network tea, we heard from Dr. Chuck Miller on Hawaii’s experience with the medical aid in dying legislation that was passed five years ago. Dr.
September’s Letter From the CEO
I began the Amazing Care Network back in 2014, and I am sometimes asked what prompted me to start it. Among the catalysts for its creation dates to 2008 when my older brother was rapidly
August’s Letter From the CEO
I offered to babysit my 7-year old grand-daughter and 5-year old grandson one evening, and I (finally!) got them settled down for bed. I lay down next to them and proceeded to tell a bedtime
July’s Letter From the CEO
By the time you read this, I would have celebrated my 74th birthday in the company of friends and family in Honolulu. And shameless me, I used my birthday celebration as a vehicle for encouraging
June’s Letter From the CEO
Dear friends,I can’t carry a tune to save my life, but I love music! I especially love listening to it in the most unexpected of places – walking in my neighborhood and chancing upon a
May’s Letter From the CEO
Dear friends, Pictured here is a photo from Filoli Gardens, a vast estate of 654 acres once owned by Lurline Roth (her father founded and operated Matson, Inc., a shipping corporation.) She donated the estate
April’s Letter From the CEO
Dear friends, This month we feature Pamela Hinsdale whose story appears below. Years ago, Pam and I worked together at Kaiser Hawaii. She ran the Internal Audit Department and made sure none of got into
March’s Letter From the CEO
Dear friends, I started to write this on my return flight from Dallas and abandoned it after my seatmates whom I’ve never met, began arguing about aging. It seems that the couple were distressed
February’s Letter From the CEO
Dear Friends,My friend Laurie retired from her corporate job a year or so ago and was lamenting how tough it is to stay positive at a time when bad news is all around us. Take