You are never too old for a Birthday Party!
We hit the ground running as soon as we made it back to California. We arrived home at about 1 am. The next afternoon I was volunteering as a lifeguard for one of our favorite events of the summer. Special Needs Camp. I have been the lifeguard since Jack, now 11 was just a toddler….
The unsteady economy and rising jobless rate have left many local residents anxious about their current careers. But for some, a job isn’t merely about bringing home the bacon — it is about following their heart’s passion. Audrey Powell, 37, commuted from Colfax to Antelope for seven years to teach science. “I had originally set…
I’ve tried to convince myself that eating the crust off my child’s sandwich count for half the calories since it is “recycling”. I also figure that walking around with a child clinging to my leg like a starfish during low tide is as good as wearing ankle weights. But the scales don’t lie. When I…
Although it has been over 7 years ago, it feels like yesterday that we stood on the hot tarmac at 29 Palms before the 2-7 Marines left for Afghanistan. The soldiers filed into their lines for final roll call, surrounded by those of us who had traveled to send them off. Young wives, in the…
Today we went to a Veteran’s Day ceremony in San Marcos. The most touching moment was when one of the speakers, who had lost his twin brother in Vietnam while he himself was serving, introduced a real American hero. His father, who was on the third deck below the water line when the ship…
Love working with Beacon Hill on this project! If you know of someone who is struggling with the emotion of having their kids leave the next..this is a resource I wished I had when our FIRST ones were leaving.