Tis the season for gifts and family celebrations, bonfires and feasts. Amid all the festivities, please keep the following in mind: December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month (www.samhsa.gov). If you are impaired while celebrating, don’t get behind the wheel. An automobile crash will increase your insurance costs. Plus, you will be inconvenienced […]
The holidays bring lots of fun with friends and family, but after all the seasonal hustle and bustle have passed, the dreaded question arises: how will you keep the kids entertained for the rest of their winter break? Although a little boredom can be good for kids, as it encourages creativity and resourcefulness, it’s still […]
I have heard my mother and late grandmother (and even some church ladies) say, “Just keep on living!” Momma usually says that when it takes her longer than usual to do something that I, or a younger person, could do more quickly or she previously could accomplish with less effort. As I have entered middle […]
There is so much to watch for when you are a parent of a young child. You want to ensure your child is developing early reading skills, math skills and a good attitude about school. But what do you do when your child struggles in school from a young age? If you know your child […]
Thank you to our sponsor photographer, Little Sunshine Photography Meet the Coast’s cutest baby 2023 Calese Stowe Overall Winner Her sweet grin melts the hearts of loved ones and strangers alike. And it’s one of the adorable features that earned 11-month-old Calese Stowe top prize in Gulf Coast Woman’s Cutest Baby Photo Contest for 2023. […]
Anything and everything is possible when you connect with the heart of a child. That’s what the recovery teams at Hope Haven Children’s Advocacy Center set out to accomplish each day, and they’ve been succeeding for 27 years. “Hope Haven originally started as a children’s shelter,” says John James, executive director. “A group of local […]
By Sanja Daniels While my calendar is jam-packed these days as a wife, mom, graduate student at The University of Southern Mississippi and intern at the Veterans Administration, I still enjoy a good DIY project. With the Christmas season upon us, and inflation hitting many of us hard, I’ve started a few projects that are […]
