Empowerline Blog

February is American Health Month! While February is almost over, it is never too late to take small steps towards improved heart health. Get outside to stroll around your neighborhood, walk the [...]

The orthopedic community reports that in 2017, around 1 million hip and knee replacement procedures were performed in the United States. While there are cases of hip and knee replacement [...]

Twenty-six years ago, Karen Gross and Marg Lambert cut the ribbon to an Atlanta location of the maker-to-market store known as Ten Thousand Villages. Together, they sometimes traveled to retreats [...]

Two and a half years ago, Joyce Lee’s life turned upside down when she received a call from the fire department in her mother’s hometown in Maryland. She took the call while driving on I-285 and [...]

A few months ago, my mother decided to adopt a cat. She took her mother—my grandma—along with her to pick one from the litter. After settling on her favorite snuggly friend, my grandma surprised [...]

It has become a Thanksgiving holiday tradition for my family to converge on my home in Atlanta from parts far and near. While my husband and I live with my mother nearby, my siblings are quite a [...]

Many years ago, in his native Buenos Aires, Armando Mónaco was an actor and newscaster. On a recent Friday, the 67-year-old retiree portrayed the lead character in a Spanish-language play he [...]