by mcl | Sep 1, 2015 | Columns, Modern Motherhood, Relationships
By Tara Dowden 6:00 a.m. Alarm goes off. Six year old runs in room giving hugs and tells us he has already had three bowls of cereal. 6:15 a.m. Eleven year old walks in room complaining of uniform issues, leg pain issues, anything that could possibly be an issue. 6:30...
by mcl | Sep 1, 2015 | Columns, Health & Wellness, The Doctor Is In
By Trish Brix-Baskin, LCSW Ah, a new school year. Some kids are excited to go, while others might be lamenting the end of summer or even be a little scared about the upcoming change. I remember those days as nerve-wracking, but still hopeful that things would not be...
by mcl | Sep 1, 2015 | Columns, Relationships, Single Still, Single Again
By Amy Ingram I’m going back to school because I am crazy. Not really, but I do find myself wondering what—just what—am I doing? Do you have those moments when you find yourself in a situation and wonder how you got there? Since I started in the advertising industry,...
by mcl | Sep 1, 2015 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
By Jennifer Heggie, LPC-S, NCC “Summer time, and the livin’ is (was!) easy,” as the Ella Fitzgerald song goes. Just like it is hard for adults to go back to work after a vacation, it is just as hard for kids to transition back to school after summer break. Now that...
by mcl | Sep 1, 2015 | Columns, Inspiration, The Way I See It
By Martin E. Willoughby, Jr. Nothing quite makes you appreciate your health like getting sick. My son Trey and I both recently had a bout with a lingering stomach virus. I went from jogging one day to being laid up on the couch the next. All I could think about was...
by mcl | Aug 31, 2015 | Columns, Editor's Letter
Strength is found not in busyness and noise but in quietness. For a lake to reflect the heavens on its surface, it must be calm. From Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman I am sitting on a plane 34,000 feet above the earth moving at a speed of more than 500 miles an...
