Handling Stress Over the Holidays

For the Children OICA CEOWith the beginning of December and upcoming celebrations, stress is an inevitable part of the season. Holidays are often portrayed as joyful and exciting, but many children experience significant stress.

Adventures with Allie

(Written by someone currently sick, wrapped in two blankets, and drinking spiced tea like it’s a prescription.) Every winter, there comes a moment when the real cold finally settles in.

Protect Your Biggest Investment

Our homes are often our biggest investments and protecting them should be everyone’s priority. Making our homes stronger and safer prevents damage and saves money on our insurance premiums.

Wide Market Participation Signals Strong Year-End Outlook for Stocks

Stock Market Insights Dr. Richard Baker, AIF,CEO and executive wealth advisor at Fervent Wealth Management.I was pheasant hunting in South Dakota with my boys this last weekend, and we frequently found ourselves on roads with deep mud holes.

Adventures with Allie

This Thanksgiving is our first with a five-month-old, and let me tell you, having a baby this age transforms the holiday in ways I never expected.

Protecting your generosity

As we approach the holiday season, Oklahomans will once again demonstrate the extraordinary generosity that defines our state.

Elevate Learning, Not Just Test Scores

For the Children Oklahoma has consistently lingered toward the bottom of state rankings when it comes to reading comprehension with elementary-aged students.

An international soap opera

We are living one of the story lines from an old soap opera right here in Payne County.Some of you may not remember the shows I am talking about but some of you will. TV shows like All My Children, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, As the World Turns and more played on all of the major networks.

Empty chairs

I remember going to Veterans Day programs all throughout my school years. The smell of the recently waxed gym floor wafting in the air, the faint hum of the archaic sound system ringing in your ears, and the hush that fell over the crowd as the first notes of the National Anthem came to a crescendo.

A couple of things I’ve learned this WALKTOBER…

1. I do not have to circle around Walmart parking lot in search of the parking spot nearest the entrance.2. I love math… Well, this is NOT something I learned this October. I have always known it… I like to count.