by Shannon Ables Portland writer The Simply Luxurious Life Every season when the new styles from top designers make their way down the runway, I often dream of having the opportunity to wear a Vera Wang original, Calvin Klein or Carolina Herrera for a special occasion. Knowing that I will […]

by Elisha Joyce, Oregon blogger Rebel Grain “Self-control” seems to be the topic of the day around our house. I’m constantly telling my kids: control your urge to talk back… control your urge to be selfish…control your urge to focus on what you don’t have, and instead focus on what […]

Fiona Brown Oregon Blog Earth Monkey Moms Ever taken a little cherub of yours to the Doc and come away feeling a little……underwhelmed……or overwhelmed……..or have you questioned exactly what they have diagnosed and/or prescribed and wanted to treat things in a different way?……here’s a question that came my way: “I’ve been dealing with […]

Here is one of those beautiful stories, about a daughter who saw her dad with terminal cancer, and chose not to rob her future of her daughter-dad dance if she ever got married, so she did the dance in advance and made a video.

by Crystal Kupper, Crystal’s Cliffnotes Salem Writer **Note to men: you don’t want to read this blog. Trust me. If you’re one of those, “If you tell me I can’t, I will” sort of people, I apologize ahead of time. Don’t say you weren’t warned. Hollywood loves to laugh about […]

by Shannon Ables Portland writer The Simply Luxurious Life Last year after returning from my travels abroad, I wrote a similar post recording the many lessons I had learned (click here to read the post). While it takes time for some lessons to be absorbed, other lessons appear like flashes […]

by Kelli Warner Springfield, OR If you had asked Derek Zinser five years ago if he would ever imagine he’d be herding mascots to break a world record, he would have said you were crazy. But things change when you lose someone you love to cancer. Derek’s dad died of […]

Amee Foster Certified Family Life Educator, Oregon This Great Adventure Blog Why I hate television. Actually, not really. But I do. It’s really more a love-hate thing.  One moment I’m drooling over sizable flat televisions and the latest and greatest in home sound systems.  The next moment I’m threatening to go […]

Terri Patrick Oregon writer Terri Patrick’s blog I once worked with a man who had ridden every roller coaster in the world and planned his vacations to be one of the first to ride a new design. He enjoyed other adventures, like sky diving and flying an airplane, but riding […]

Pic of the week. Wow. Often you hear about a fiasco about people complaining when someone breastfeeds in a public place. rarely do you hear of someone getting a free meal. That’s what happened to Jackie Johnson-Smith. Read more.