Each year, right around the 4th of July, a significant event in honor of our veterans happens on Lake Gaston at Pea Hill Creek. This location is a lovely cove off the main lake where the American Veterans Tribute Organization takes over the entire area and spends most of the day in a festival to […]
Celebrating July 4th! Holidays as Opportunities
Flags are beginning to appear on lawns, parades are being scheduled, and even Wawa is sponsoring a concert with fireworks at its “Welcome America” event in Philadelphia. The Fourth of July is a celebration of independence, for the amazing country we live in, with its remarkable history, that makes us proud to be Americans. Holidays […]
What to Do about Those Not-so-Positive Post-Holiday Feelings
As we welcome in the New Year, many of us are experiencing a variety of post-holiday feelings that can range from relief to warm sentimentality to frustration, sadness, despair, and sometimes depression. For many parents, the holidays evoke intense feelings as a result of the energy needed to deal with all the details, expectations, challenges […]
