News and Updates

It seems like we are all spinning our wheels ninety to nothing and going nowhere. During these times, it may be difficult for you to “feel” grateful. Noticed I said, “feel.” It’s important to be grateful. Studies show when we feel really grateful, we're more likely to...

“Look but don’t touch. Touch but don’t taste. Taste but don’t swallow.” This is a quote from the movie “The Devil’s Advocate.” The movie revolves around a lawyer from Jacksonville Florida, Keanu Reeves, being tempted by and essentially selling his soul to the devil,...

April showers bring May flowers. Every cloud has a silver lining. There's light at the end of the tunnel. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Tomorrow's a new day." These, and so many more, are sayings we've heard all our lives from our mothers, grandmothers,...

Finite, beautiful, painful, possible, unknown, miraculous, tragic…all adjectives describing our lives and a reminder of how swiftly it can change. How strange life is. I used the above as an introduction to my last Just John without realizing how much more appropriate...

Yes, these are difficult and trying times, not only for our residents, community, state and country, but on a global scale. As I told our residents last week, “The world as we know it today – is changed.” Moosehaven continues its efforts to combat the spread of COVID...

For the first time since Marina has been editing the Moosehaven Newsletter, she can actually say a copy has gone viral. I think every article in this newsletter will say something about the new Chinese Corona Virus Disease, COVID-19. After all it is, or should be, at...

We are a social species and we are asked to stop socializing. Right? Wrong. We’ve been indundated with messages from media, national and local healthcare organizations as well as our own community leaders urging social distancing in an effort to reduce the risk of...