The Health Careers Scholarship deadline for application requests is fast approaching, March 1, 2020. We ask for student information (name, field of study and year in program), so that we can alert those that may not be eligible before they complete the application process. The completed applications are due April 1, 2020. The recipients and…
DetailsA Moment in IOKDS History Ladies Home Journal Article Excerpt from Margaret Bottome’s featured column, “Heart to Heart Talks with The King’s Daughters”…January 1891 “Two Windows” “A friend in Berlin last summer told me the following story which helped me so much that I give it to you: “The dingy panes of glass in the…
DetailsSince before Christmas, I’ve been trying to get over this “nagging cough”… I can’t seem to get rid of it! It made me miss out on many of my family and friends’ Christmas traditional events, but my cough has also made me want to look closer into 2020. To help battle my cough, I’ve been…
DetailsJust like it is important to have an annual physical for your body, it is important for IOKDS members to regularly examine their Circle, Branch, City Unions, Chapters, and the International facets of our organization. Perhaps you have experience in SWOT analysis which involves brainstorming internal strengths and weaknesses along with external threats and opportunities.…
DetailsWe count money…we count birthdays…we count the number of days until Christmas Day…we count lots! What we don’t count enough of, though, are the blessings of kindness touching our lives and the lives of those around us. Yesterday I was reminded. I stopped over to my brother’s camp to return his thermal coffee mug…he brought…
DetailsOn November 9, 2019, I had the privilege of celebrating 30 years of the Fall of the Wall in Berlin, Germany. On a casual walk in East Berlin, my eye caught these words painted on a courtyard entry way arch: “We know who you are… We know what you do.” I caught my breath. As…
DetailsOn Oct 19, 2019, I was lucky enough to not only attend the New York Branch Annual Meeting at the Notre Dame Retreat Center in Canandaigua, N.Y., but to give the meditation; or should I say, medication? You see, when we passed out the meeting agendas, we discovered that the word meditation was misspelled; it…
DetailsHow many times have you heard someone say, “I’ll think about that tomorrow,” “I’ll do that tomorrow,” or “Ask me again tomorrow”? This was the subject of a “Monday Morning Devotion by Diane” that a friend of mine e-mails to a group of people every week. After reading her devotion surmising that we have become…
DetailsThis is my favorite time of the year – Fall. The trees are full of color, the air is crisp, and I can see God’s beauty everywhere. But how often do we think of the other seasons of the year and their beauty? In the winter, things are all resting (I don’t like to call…
DetailsA couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of having a wonderful lunch with one of the remaining members of our old Omicron Circle, who fortunately like me, has stayed connected with IOKDS through her membership as a Member-At-Large. As we were sitting at a table awaiting our fancy lunch to arrive, I noticed she…
DetailsSusan Jamjoum and I arrived at the Courtyard Marriott Boston Logan Hotel in the late afternoon of October 4, 2019. In the hotel we met Mary Jane Mackenzie and her cousin and Terry Pearson and her sister. We all immediately became New Best Friends. Our travel group included forty-one travelers from 15 states plus our…
DetailsDo you like Barbara Streisand’s recording, Memory? When I hear the song, it brings back some of my personal memories about good times spent and leaves me energized with the warm emotion of nostalgia. While the melody and words give me feelings of connection with special people, they also motivate me to reconnect with old…
DetailsMy twin sister, Beth, and I shared a bedroom growing up. Her twin bed was by the window, just how she liked it…so she could look out and see things. My twin bed was on the wall side of the room, just how “shy me” liked it…so I could face the wall. One bedtime ritual…
DetailsHow many times have you looked in the mirror and wondered, “Who is that person looking back at me? Surely that face does not belong to me, because I’m not nearly that old!” When someone makes the statement that we are only as old as we feel, that age can make very dramatic swings from…
DetailsAs patterns of religious and philanthropic participation are changing across all types of groups and organizations, I think about IOKDS, an international, interdenominational, and intergenerational Christian organization. Trends of lower religious affiliation and activity may be leading to less charitable time and money giving as well as less community engagement. Can our local, state/province, and…
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