By Steve Tracy, MA NAFP MFT

Question: We are a good family but need to help everyone get healthy. While we do everything we are supposed to I worry about the amount of sitting we do between home, school, TV, games, and the types of food we eat. We have tried in the past to eat and exercise regularly but it never seems to last. Do you have some suggestions for helping us make it work this time?

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by Shannon Miller

As a stay-at-home mom of two young children, the phrase “parenting is a sacred calling” isn’t always comforting. The never-ending dishes, vacuuming, and pulling apart fighting children seem anything but sacred. As I was feeling unsettled and unsure about my decision to stay at home, I turned to the scriptures. I found that studying the scriptures increased my desire to teach and be patient with my children.

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Red Mountain Music Company is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get. And this season, they’re making more unexpected music you can’t refuse, as they present “Pure Imagination: The Music of Hollywood.”

Here’s what you’ll be looking at kid: the Red Mountain Choir, the Red Mountain Youth Choir, acclaimed directors Jeffrey and David Skouson, a sensational band, memorable film clips and an array of celebrated movie music. If the force was with you when you saw Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Casablanca, or Breakfast at Tiffany’s, frankly my dear, you won’t want to miss this live performance of music from these and other favorite flicks.

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Much of the dentistry world has recently gone “high end,” with a goal to “sell” patients on as many services and products as possible, whether or not they are really needed.

Dr. Ben Glick, whose brand new office is located on Horizon Ridge Parkway near Gibson Road in Henderson, takes a different approach. Rather than telling patients they must get the most expensive procedure done to a damaged tooth, he explains all the options. “This is what you need, but this would be nice,” is a common approach for him. Giving patients options in their care according to time frame or cost develops a high level of trust.

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by LaRae Free Kerr

My Dad died last Saturday. And I am far from home. I didn’t feel him drift away, and I am already lonesome for him. But as is the nature of our modern world, before I received the news, the documents recording his death were begun.

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