January is an inspiring month. The name, according from brittanica.com, comes from Janus, the Roman god of passage and new beginnings.
Hopefully this magazine will inspire readers as they start 2022. The two main features this month have to do with medicine. In one feature, health writer Susan Meyers talks about how artificial intelligence is helping doctors work more efficiently and quickly, often two key points when recovering from an illness or injury.
The second feature tells the story of Maria and Joseph Sawaged, a couple who stopped at nothing to achieve their dream of conceiving a child. Maria undertook 13 rounds of fertility treatments in order to become pregnant, and the end result was one set of four healthy young ones, born at the beginning of the COVID pandemic.
Gen O is often a favorite department of mine, and this month’s article did not disappoint. Young musician Matthew Murray primarily plays violin, but also plays the guitar, and keyboards, and dances. He is a generous person who finds ways to give time or money whenever possible, even if that means an impromptu performance at a store.
The profile is about Dr. Jaime Seeman, whose story I found inspiring. She competed on The Titan Games and won the title of Mrs. Nebraska in 2020. The obstetrician-gynecologist is a long way from where she was in 2015, when she was diagnosed with prediabetes and hypothyroidism.
A report from CBS News in mid-November 2021 stated that the cost of meat has risen substantially across the board. While this varies from state to state, overall figures reveal that chicken, beef, pork, and fish prices had all risen by at least 10%. That is one factor that led forecasters to predict the food trend of reducetarianism for 2022. Reducetarianism is a style of eating in which people gradually reduce their consumption of animal products. The dining section this month brings three articles that can help anyone interested in this trend. Imani Murray created Ital Vital with her Jamaican belief in Rastafarianism in mind. Chef Lauren Wright became a vegan when she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, but missed eating cakes, cinnamon rolls, and potato salad; so she created Conscious Comforts. The dining review is about a one-day juice cleanse from Evolve.
Artist Bob Mathews paints brightly colored kangaroos and portraits, as well as sculpts. Before painting full-time, however, he was known as Dr. Mathews, an ER physician.
Omaha Magazine prints many articles about people, and some of my favorite articles are those about people who see Omaha as the great city it is. Walter Shatley is one of those people. The actor came to Nebraska from Norman, Oklahoma, in the early 2000s. He married fellow transplant Samantha Butler, moved to New York City, and consciously chose Omaha as the place to start a family.
There are many inspiring articles in this issue. I hope you enjoy them all.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2022 issue of Omaha Magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
