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By Carrie Perrien Smith Sometimes someone enters your life and weaves himself into it. That’s the way Jim was. He married my long-time friend, Kelly, eight years ago. He was a kind, cheerful, easy-going, helpful […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A sad thing happened here a few weeks before Christmas. I didn’t write about it at the time, mostly because it’s not good to coat your […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If you’re on the phone and you hear the following words, you’ll know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that what you’re hearing is a big, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of the whole New Year’s shtick. When I was single, I dreaded New Year’s Eve because there was […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama A friend recently received a letter from her mother. Not too unusual, except for the fact that her mom died nearly 20 years ago. My friend had been wishing like […]

Note: This column was written earlier this month during that LONG snowy week out of school. Enjoy. Sure, I was dreaming of a white Christmas. We all were. It had been about two years since […]

By Jade Stone Well, I don’t know about you but this past year is a big blur. Looking back, there has been so much that has happened in what feels like such a short period […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When our son started sixth grade this year, he signed up to play the viola in the school orchestra, which is like the little brother to […]