by stillwaters | Jan 5, 2013 | Children, Emotions, Happiness, Stress, Uncategorized
It’s been nice having our 18-year old back home for the holidays. I am also acutely aware that the pain of parting is in my near future. Christmas is traditionally the time in the United States when many young adults travel home for the holidays — whether it be...
by stillwaters | Jan 5, 2013 | Children, Happiness, Stress, Uncategorized
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” goes the famous line in the Sun editorial of 1897, written by Francis P. Church, who goes on to give an answer that is brilliant in its simplicity. And all in a days work, the story goes. Now I wish that I could...
by stillwaters | Jan 5, 2013 | Children, Uncategorized
December 14, 2012 There are no words to quite describe the tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut today. A tragedy that brought the president of the United States to tears, and to state, “our hearts are broken today.” In the aftermath...