May 2026/ Issue #23 Green can Heal Green is the color of life, renewal, nature, and energy. The color green has healing power and is the most relaxing color for the human eye to view. Green helps alleviate anxiety, depression, and nervousness. Green is new growth, rebirth, and harmony. Isn't that amazing? Nature uses green to symbolize bringing in new growth! Sometimes we tend to take it for granted, watching the cycles come and go. I don't know about you, but I can smell the

April 2026 / Issue 22 Mr. Inspiration It was June 14, 1969, and the war in Vietnam was raging. Bob Weiland was a US Army Combat Medic, attached to the 25th Infantry Division. While on patrol, his unit triggered a mortar round that had been booby trapped. When Bob rushed forward to render aid he stepped on a large mine himself, instantly separating him from his legs. Bob survived the ordeal and underwent a grueling recovery, losing both of his legs and learning how to adapt.

March 2026 / Issue #21 The Stillness of the Water I was feeding the fish from the dock. It had taken me a while to get them to show up, but they were coming...and were they hungry. I was a volunteer at a United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) project in Virginia, when I snapped this photo. The approach to the dock was like a landing strip. Occasionally, I would get to see ducks or geese come in on final approach. I could almost hear their chatter, "Quack one-seven this