In the movie, “Parenthood,” an elderly Jason Robards asks his sensible son (Steve Martin) for advice about his gambling addicted son (Tom Hulce). First, Robards admits that he was a lousy father and that he hated the worry and anguish that came with parenthood. Now, Robards is engulfed in worry again – if he doesn’t […]
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Lexington Family Magazine’s Summer Camps & Activities Fair. And here are the reasons why I love the Fair. Crowds Lexington is not a pedestrian friendly city, and outside of sporting events (UK football, basketball, Keeneland), parades (4th of July) and Christmas at the mall, we rarely gather in […]
I’ve never been one for New Year’s Resolutions, but I realize that the start of a new year is a convenient time to take personal inventory and commit to change. In that spirit, here are some of my reflections as a parent of a 24-year-old son, a man who somehow survived the many mistakes his […]
by John Lynch One year after launching Lexington Family Magazine in 1997, I entered the Sandwich Generation. Our son Jack was 6 when I learned from my mother’s neighbor in Pennsylvania that Mom had health problems. Widowed for eight years, she had become forgetful, often refused to eat and could no longer drive safely. Stunned, […]
Courtney Helped Improve Food, Fitness Culture
One day in 1969, as a 13-year-old in Louisville, Anita Courtney opened her school lunch and thought, “That’s enough!”
I stepped on the scale this morning and learned that I have lost 10 pounds since the start of our Fit Family Challenge.
It’s now official – straight from the desk of Mayor Jim Gray – this is the FIT FAMILY CHALLENGE SUMMER.
If you take the Fit Family Challenge, you’re going to have work at two things – getting in shape and trying hard to avoid winning a cool prize.
It’s time to sign up for the 2016 Lexington Family Magazine Fit Family Challenge, and if you’re like me you’re both excited and worried.
Excited because I always dream I can get back into the kind of shape I was in high school when I played sports 24/7.
Imagine a high school in Lexington with a cutting edge magnet program – wellness – where students can prepare for health-care fields, and where fitness and good nutrition are school priorities.
