Opinion

Decades are like snowflakes. They’re white and pointy, and all a little different. Sometimes I think about the 20th century and the decades therein. Nobody knows exactly how many decades were in that century but it almost seems like there’s one every ten years or so. I certainly have my favorites. I miss the Jazz Age because the 20’s were so Roaring. The 30’s were kind of depressing. The 40’s thought war was the answer, which, according to a lot of t-shirts, is not. The 50’s gave us the booming business of babies. The Swinging 60’s was civil rights and counterculture.

Fayetteville — Washington Regional has named Megan Burks, RN, MSN, as critical care director. In her new role, Burks will oversee the medical center’s intensive care unit (2300) and critical care unit (2200).

Life is difficult enough without comparing our lives to anyone else’s existence and I wonder if social media is damaging the self-esteem of not only our young people, but people of all ages. After all, our self-esteem isn’t directly correlated with our age.

When the death of a young person occurs so close to home, in our own community; it’s often a wake-up call; particularly if it was due to bullying. When this occurs it is a sign that a community must do something more to stop bullying because what has been done in the past isn’t working well enough.