Celebrate Dads and Father-figures By Nicole M. Young, MSW This Mother’s Day, my kids gave me the best gift ever: their time and attention. Yes, I love the beautiful ceramic pitcher from my daughter and the cheese basket from my son (he knows me well). I thoroughly enjoyed the bagel breakfast and going out to dinner. But what filled my heart the most was sitting, eating, talking, laughing, gardening, making travel plans together – not just being next to each other, but really being with each other. The older they (and I) get, the more I appreciate the gift of time with them and the ways we love each other,…
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Cabrillo Beach Volleyball
Cabrillo Beach Volleyball Player Alana Patyk by Alana Patyk There was a time in my life where I absolutely despised the beach. The coarse feeling of sand that dried out my feet and left me with heat blisters was not the way I wanted to spend my day. As a kid, I attempted to play beach volleyball as another way to stay active when I was not playing indoor volleyball. Immediately upon touching the sand, even before doing a drill, I found out that beach volleyball is not an easy sport. Before competing at a collegiate level, I even tried to avoid it if I could. But there was something…
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Musical Children
Raise a Musical Child…Even if You Aren’t a Musician By Suki Wessling I think that it’s a wonderful thing to have your children go and be in a room filled with music, see other kids listening to music and dancing and moving your body. “They felt like they were going to give us something that we would use for the rest of our lives,” music educator Barbie Wong says of her parents. Wong is a music educator who has made a study of how parents can instill a love of and passion for music in their children’s lives. She leads workshops for parents on the subject, starting with biology. “When…
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A girl and her animals
A Girl and Her Animals June 2021 Cover Story BY christy shults Alanna Shults, also known to many as Sissy, with her dog, Lane. Sissy has an immence love for animals, and it sure does show! On her family’s little homestead you will find two goats, ducks, chickens, rabbits, four more dogs, and if it’s the right time of year even some turkeys and pigs to harvest! All of her babies, I mean animals, are spoiled with love and it is apparent when you see her with them!
