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As a way to make sure that our HAVEN materials and curricula are age appropriate for tweens and teens, we created a Teen Advisory Council (TAC). TAC is comprised of several teens for local high schools, donating their time, opinions and talents with us. We invited TAC member Julia Nagy to blog for us about [...]
I woke up yesterday morning feeling as though I woke up from a bad dream of my past. Suddenly the person I was being was no longer the person I am today. I saw how caught up I had been in the melodramas of life and how I wasn’t really being real to myself and [...]
Some people love tucking in their shirts, others don’t. The fact is that it only works in certain situations. Here’s why: If you have a long torso, then tucking in your shirt works. To create balance, the goal is to visually shorten your upper half. Also, those who are long waisted usually have shorter legs. When [...]
We live in a culture that discriminates against people who are fat. Prejudices about individuals who are fat are nearly always unchallenged and many assumptions we hold are taken as cut-and-dry fact. This form of bigotry may stem from the widely held belief that a person ultimately has control over their size. It is interesting [...]
PREPARING FOR A FESTIVAL: A man in Bangladesh volunteers at a temple preparing long garlands of marigolds for a festival. I don’t believe in coincidences. When a series of connected ideas strings along, I look for meaning and direction. I believe in cause and effect, in one step leads to the next, in the door [...]
There is a secret that pet rescue and shelter workers know that most people do not; one they are eager to tell you. Ready? Black dogs are not scary. Really! You may scoff at the seeming simplicity of this statement, but the reality is that in shelters and rescue centers across the nation, workers are accustomed [...]
We’ve received word on the fate of two of the four missing cows, and I wish so much that the news was better. Saturday, we heard that one poor girl was shot and believed to have been butchered by a local farmer when she wandered onto his farm. Today, we were informed that a second cow was [...]
Great Food! for Busy PeopleWhy grab “just something” to eat when you can enjoy nutritious, delicious, and affordable meals brought to your door fresh everyday?This is flavorful, wholesome comfort food – the way home cooking is meant to be. Let me deliver some of my Summer Party favorites to your door!Call for info on Sides, [...]
After years of micromanaging calories, an ELLE editor reconsiders her eating and exercise habits What do you mean I can’t run the stairs anymore?” I asked, confused. The girl with the clipboard shrugged: “I guess the neighbors complained and…” Before she could finish, I set out to find someone superior—someone with a headset or a [...]
We all have it. . . that chatty critical voice inside our heads that lectures us, makes fun of us, scolds us, makes us feel “less than”. I call my critical voice the “Gremlin” and finally realize that he has been the head honcho on a wrecking crew who seemed intent on making my life [...]
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