by mcl | Dec 2, 2015 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
By Laurel Boyd, LPC, LMFT Christmas! Our promised savior was born! It is a holiday with so much promise and hope. When I was a little girl, Christmas was the most magical time of the year! The whole season and buildup of anticipation was so much fun—the music,...
by mcl | Nov 2, 2015 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
By Shannon Everhart Collins Wow, it is so hard to believe we are approaching the holidays! It doesn’t seem possible that within the next few weeks we will be celebrating Thanksgiving. What does the word thankful mean? The dictionary definition of thankful is: “To be...
by mcl | Oct 6, 2015 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
By Laurel Boyd LPC, LMFT An Open Letter to Those with Same-Sex Attraction Dear Person, Yes, first and foremost you are a person, and while God made us with lots of different aspects and one of those is sexuality, there is so much more to you. I’m sorry that once it is...
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, 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...
