by Anita Balic | Jul 3, 2020 | July Newsletter 2020
Independence Day 2020 32 years ago, I moved from Croatia to the great state of Ohio. At the time, Croatia was part of communist Yugoslavia. Growing up in a socialist regime, I experienced suppression and a lack of religious freedom – if Christmas fell during...
by Simon Ellett | Jun 12, 2020 | June 2020 Newletter
The last 3 months have been very strange times for all of us, with many new introductions into our lives – social distancing, Zoom, masks, curbside-to-go and working from home, to name a few. We now appear to be over the worst of the pandemic, and are looking...
by Simon Ellett | Mar 25, 2020 | March 2020 Newsletter
Rollin’ with the ‘Rona When you were young did you ever have that crazy ex-girlfriend (or boyfriend) that even though you split up with them, they just wouldn’t let you go? Because you both lived in the same town, and shared some of the same friends your...
by Simon Ellett | Jul 18, 2019 | July 2019 Newsletter
Anita and I have always made a point of making sure that our children are generous with both their time and their money. We “force” them to volunteer with us at church, to donate to 501c3’s and to get involved with their communities. Invariably they complain...
by Anita Balic | Jul 18, 2019 | July 2019 Newsletter
THE POWER OF LISTENING God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason – we should listen twice as much as we speak! When my boys were in high school and we rode back and forth to school we did a lot of talking. Looking back I feel the biggest mistake I made at...