by Jane Thurston | Mar 17, 2016 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
What does my Down syndrome son know of achievement? It’s a fair question since he doesn’t speak words that communicate his feelings and he turns away for the most part if anyone tries to shine a spotlight on him. He hasn’t had many opportunities to have applause...
by Jessica Clark | Mar 17, 2016 | Jessica Clark: Marriage—From Here to Eternity
Throughout history, symbols have been used on the battlefield to represent rallying points. In the Bronze age, field signs were used. During the iron age, war flags emerged in Asia. The first known standard used in ancient Rome is said to have been a handful of straw...
by Rachel Wagner | Mar 14, 2016 | Home and Family
Certain movies are easy targets for cynics and critics who won’t give them much of a chance to begin with. The Barbie movies are probably a prime example of such films. Not only is the titular heroine a doll that feminists hate but little girls love but they are the...
by Rachel Wagner | Feb 28, 2016 | Home and Family
When you become a movie fan you start to notice certain things can sink or save a movie. Sometimes it’s a great performance. Other times it’s a beautiful setting. Sometimes it’s great dialogue. In the case of 1982’s Annie it all comes down to the music. Without...
by Rachel Wagner | Feb 22, 2016 | Home and Family
This week we enter Pixie Hollow once again and talk about the 3rd and one of the best in the Tinkerbell films- Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue. Because it is straight to DVD, I feel the Tinkerbell franchise does not get the credit it deserves. They consistently...
by Jane Thurston | Feb 18, 2016 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
When you give birth to a handicapped child people start coming out of the woodwork from government agencies, the county health department, experts of various kinds . . . I think the hospital has some responsibility to let them know about the birth. When my Down...
