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May 2018

19: Time to say farewell, and heartfelt thanks (0)
19: Breaking bread together (0)
19: “Because they get me”: A camp for children with autism (0)
19: Putting “neighbor” back into neighborhood (0)
19: Shenandoah Spotlight on Keyri Lopez-Godoy (0)
19: Curried Chicken Salad (0)
19: Money making ideas for tweens & teens (0)
19: Ways dads can be dads (0)
19: Even mothers get lonely (0)
19: Eat out for less (0)
19: Accepting my mother’s alcoholism (0)
19: Grief tiptoeing through our hearts (0)
19: Self-care for your back (0)
19: Alone time? What’s that? (0)
19: Gluten free living changed my life (0)
19: I wet the bed again (0)
19: Between you and me and the trees (0)

February 2018

21: An education with a + (0)
21: Be a hero to a hero (0)
21: Shenandoah Spotlight on Isaac Alderfer (0)
21: Downsizing: A priority in moving to the Valley (0)
21: Natives in the garden (0)
21: How would Jesus parent? (0)
21: Rearing kids who’ll be good parents (0)
21: Pittsburgh, Punxsutawney & Flight 93 Memorial (0)
21: Editorial: The in-between and not-yet (0)
21: Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberries and Cream (0)
21: “I don’t have anything to worry about” (0)
21: When your teen is learning to drive (0)
21: Mom’s apron (0)
21: When Grandma or Grandpa moves in (0)
21: Flowers do speak (0)
21: How to tell if you’ve been online too long (0)
21: Thanks a lot! Cultivating gratitude in children (0)
21: Stress: It’s a family affair (0)
21: Indoor family fun activities (0)
21: Make me a triangle (0)

November 2017

20: Brent Berry Food Drives (0)
20: Freedom on four legs (0)
20: Shenandoah Spotlight on Eva Didot (0)
20: Moving to the Valley for the most important reason (0)
20: No batteries necessary (0)
20: Weekend Road Trip: Washington, D.C. (0)
20: Good old-fashioned Christmas days with 19 children (0)
20: An Advent letter to my Mama (0)
20: Tamale Shepherd’s Pie (0)
20: The benefits of music lessons outweigh the costs (0)
20: The green-eyed monster is a just a pussy-cat (0)
20: Give gifts without price tags (0)
20: Relax, American parents, you’re doing just fine (0)
20: Your child’s bedroom: creating the perfect haven (0)
20: A familymoon for Sarah (0)
20: Today’s mommy bloggers can thank Erma Bombeck (0)
20: And where have all the wise men gone with their gifts? (0)
20: Giving and receiving (0)
20: A letter to future me (0)
20: How do you feed your soul? (0)

September 2017

19: What can patience teach us: Learning from the Cubs long-time-coming success (0)

August 2017

22: A day of family fun helps people in dire need (0)
22: A family-owned business: standing the test of time (0)
22: Protect. Serve. Create. (0)
22: Philadelphia, Sesame Place & Washington Crossing (0)
22: Shenandoah Spotlight on Lauren Pichon & Kendra Yoder (0)
22: When advertising supports a vision (0)
22: How Mom Rachel ‘so loved the world’ (0)
22: Create your own science kit (0)
22: A letter, photo and lace (0)
22: Better than badmouthing: how to debrief difficult co-parenting situations (0)
22: Glorious greens (0)
22: In the midst of chaos (0)
22: Dear stepdad, you’re important, too (0)
22: For the sake of love (0)
22: Cake walks, then and now (0)
22: Everything you need to know to get rid of unwanted stuff (0)
22: Less means more (1)
22: Apple Pie by Grandma Ople (0)

May 2017

24: Mason Qiu finds his forever family (1)
24: Her niche: A family-owned business creating custom-engraved wares (0)
24: Synergy: self-love, success and sisterhood (0)
24: Weekend Road Trips: Gettysburg & Hershey, Pa. (0)
24: Shenandoah Spotlight on Salim Charles (0)
24: Not all problems in a marriage are marriage problems (1)
24: Ties that bind (0)
24: The question asked most often (0)
24: A tsunami of pain (0)
24: Lifting burdens with ease (0)
24: Gifting your family’s history (0)
24: Bless this house (0)
24: Banana Crumb Muffins (0)
24: Little larks: solutions for entertaining your early-bird (0)
24: It’s not easy being green (0)
24: Reunion (0)
24: Cheyenne’s little secret (0)
24: Car crazy (0)
24: Father’s Day remembered (0)

February 2017

22: An older gentleman and his granddaughter: stories of survival (0)
22: Amicable divorces? (0)
22: Some days are like that (0)
22: Sit. Stay. Heal. (1)
22: Shenandoah Spotlight on Maria Martinez (0)
22: How to help kids, tweens and teens safely navigate social media (0)
22: When parenting roles reverse: the art of caregiving (0)
22: I came this close to doing a color run (0)
22: Self-care includes saying “no” to clutter (0)
22: Keeping memories (0)
22: No longer a stranger (0)
22: At-home breaks for mom (0)
22: Fortify your child against osteoporosis (0)
22: It’s all in the way you say it: 10 creative ways to divert a preschooler (0)
21: Have patience with your progress (0)
21: Out of sight, out of mind (0)
21: White Bean Soup with Kale (0)

January 2017

01: WANTED: Sales Representative (0)

November 2016

22: What were you doing 25 years ago? (0)
22: Bridgewater family cultivates creative authors (0)
22: An amazing little local museum (0)
22: Shenandoah Spotlight on Ross Foster (0)
22: When your fiancé is deployed (0)
22: Travel weary couple seeks refuge (0)
22: The real Nativity scene (0)
22: Get kids involved sending Christmas messages (0)
22: Chicken and Rice Casserole (0)
22: Parenting resolutions for the not-so-perfect parent (0)
22: Home alone? (0)
22: Long distance celebration (0)
22: Mom’s Christmas no-knead coffee cakes (0)
22: The birth of my sixth child (0)
22: The troubled tummy: your child’s digestive distress (0)
22: Do I look fat in this Fitbit? (0)
22: The best Christmas present ever: December 25, 2003 (0)
22: Guide to gift-wrap alternatives (0)
22: Get a hobby (0)

August 2016

24: Field trip: Fun learning at Showalter’s Orchard (0)
24: Quilting: Not just for grandma’s generation anymore (0)
24: Shenandoah Spotlight on Caitlin McAvoy (0)
24: Declutter and save the earth, one bag at a time (0)
24: Interconnected (0)
24: Cheesy Chicken and Black Bean Enchiladas (0)
24: A refreshing experiment (0)
24: The clothing allowance (0)
24: Who memorizes phone numbers anymore? (0)
24: Bathroom honor roll (0)
24: A silent grief (0)
24: How to help a child with an eating disorder (0)
24: GSI: Grime Scene Investigation (0)
24: Grandma’s cemetery memories (0)
24: Family hiking—a hands on experience (0)
24: Do it until it’s right (0)
24: Very married: Keeping marriage vows (0)
24: Surviving the 7-day mania of meal planning (0)

July 2016

19: Life Verse/Motto Contest Winners! (0)

May 2016

23: “Your publication has helped to rehabilitate me …” (0)
23: Pooches who work (0)
23: A caring staff keeps love alive at Pleasant View (0)
23: It’s time to take a break (0)
23: I still love my spouse, I’m just not “in love” with him/her anymore (1)
23: How to find smooth sailing on vacation (0)
23: 12 ways to work your workout (0)
23: The three best gifts we ever gave our kids (0)
23: Fiesta Bean Salad (0)
23: Consider the ant (0)
23: Shenandoah Spotlight on Ginny Miller (0)
23: Please save my boys! (0)
23: There’s nothing like a good story(teller) (0)
23: How doesn’t my garden grow? (0)
23: What’s your pet saying? (0)
23: My husband’s wedding band (0)

March 2016

29: Art Contest Winners! (0)

February 2016

23: In search of a sunset, I found serenity, too (0)
23: Riding the bipolar roller coaster (0)
23: Websites make coordinating meals for others a click (0)
23: Youth sports: Guidance for families (0)
23: Chores: A recipe for cooperation (0)
23: Shelley Pierce Newman (0)
23: Embracing your stepmom role: Ten tips to help (0)
23: 25th Anniversary Contest (0)
23: A Mother’s Day story about two sons (0)
23: What houseplants do for you (0)
23: Strawberry Salad with Poppyseed Dressing (0)
23: Look both ways before crossing toes (0)
23: The blank check (0)
23: A mother’s plea for her son with serious mental illness (0)
23: Valley Living celebrating 25 years! (1)
23: The good fight (0)
23: Four reasons to watch classic television with your family (0)
23: What do you know about Easter’s origins? (0)

November 2015

24: Meaningful Advent or “Merry excessment”? (0)
24: Life is their teacher now (0)
24: Tick Tock (0)
24: The Christmas tree: an ancient tradition (0)
24: Don’t give a puppy for Christmas: Finding the right dog (0)
24: Riding the tides of adolescence (0)
24: Ham (or Sausage) and Cheese Souffle (0)
24: When you can’t be together at Christmas (0)
24: Year-end resolutions: a financial check up (0)
24: Storms pass, so hang on! (0)
24: Tinsel, terror and toenails (0)
23: Charlie Pennybacker and his Thomas House (0)
23: A home for Justin: Knowing you are loved (0)
23: Shenandoah Spotlight on Garrett Tyler Thompson (0)
23: Go tell it on the mountain (0)
23: Fun educational websites you won’t want your kids to miss (0)
23: We’re still all about helping families (0)

August 2015

25: Why do they act that way? (0)
25: JMU professor combats stigma and ignorance through education (1)
25: Have you lost wonder? (0)
25: Preparing our kids for cross-cultural communication (0)
25: Brave is a decision: Letter to my third grade son (0)
25: Birthday party ideas for your child from A-Z (0)
25: No longer mothering my sister (0)
25: When people-pleasing goes too far (0)
25: How Todd the cat taught us about healing (0)
25: Baby surprise: A father’s perspective (0)
25: Playing with clubbed feet: My most valuable parents (0)
25: Steve America: Former pro wrestler spreads inspiration through Wal-Mart award (10)
25: Alive again: How volunteering made life worth living once more (0)
25: Spotlight on Sarah Jacobsen (0)
25: Back to school, back to the dinner table (0)
25: When parenting roles reverse (0)
25: First deer hunt (0)
25: Three big industries in the Shenandoah Valley (0)
25: White Chili (0)
25: The unexamined (financial) life (0)

May 2015

27: The Steel Wheels: Rolling with fiddler Eric Brubaker’s family (0)
27: Celebrating 20 years of classical ballet theater in the Valley (1)
27: Josh Sundquist, motivational speaker and author (0)
27: The Virginia roots of Mary Emma Showalter’s cookbook (0)
27: Feeling better, one gift bag at a time (0)
27: Chicken Zucchini (or Green Bean) Stuffing Casserole (0)
27: Real life can be a budget buster (0)
27: The fine art of photographing families (0)
27: Just in time (0)
27: A son’s Father’s Day (0)
27: A special doily (0)
27: Mother’s day without a mom (0)
27: A day to remember (0)
27: When nobody is looking (0)
27: Family gifts I cherish (0)
27: Reach beyond an ordinary marriage (0)
27: Marriage—A creative committee of two (0)
27: My son, resilient (0)
27: Baby, buckle up! (0)

February 2015

23: You don’t have to go directly to college (0)
23: Eating fresh and locally (0)
23: Locked up on Liberty Street (0)
23: Shenandoah Spotlight: Charlotte Arbogast (0)
23: The hunt for Easter (0)
23: A new day, a fresh beginning (0)
23: When do the kids become adults? (0)
23: Five ways to live with adult children (0)
23: Helping children believe in themselves (1)
23: Mirror, mirror (0)
23: Escapades at the international potluck (0)
23: Goodbye to an old friend (0)
23: The cat from heaven (0)
23: Brother: monstrous best friend? (0)
16: Baked Lemon Pasta with Asparagus (0)
16: When “soft skills” help pay the bills (0)
16: When who you know really counts (0)

November 2014

26: My last Santa Claus Christmas (0)
26: “I found Jesus! “ (0)
26: Why we do family puzzles (0)
26: What a child can learn playing cards (0)
26: Engaging kids in charitable giving (0)
26: The gift of touch (0)
26: Accidental holiday (0)
26: Love, honor and trust him? (0)
26: Virginia’s Sonny Randle: Early NFL great retires, again (0)
26: Local parents show children the value of service (0)
26: The annual holiday letter as family journal (0)
26: Taming morning madness (0)
26: Another “SPCA” Christmas (0)
17: The key to contentment, no matter what (0)
17: Warm German Potato Salad (0)
17: Finding balance as a player or a fan (0)
17: The best Christmas present ever (0)

August 2014

27: Simple life (0)
27: The power of music (0)
27: The child who changed my teaching career (0)
27: My life in four seasons (0)
27: Peanut Butter-Vegetable Soup (0)
27: Music lessons for adults: Getting passionate about making music (0)
27: The stutterer (0)
27: Kids without resumes (0)
27: Let Vince do it (0)
27: Inside the mind of those with alcoholism (0)
27: The day I succumbed to peer pressure (0)
27: My daughter, the policewoman (0)
27: Digital natives – understanding today’s young readers (0)
27: How to help when your spouse has breast cancer (0)
27: Team Family: Working together when you live apart (0)
27: The benefits of kids being busy (0)
27: What you and your family need to know about bipolar disorder (0)
26: Grandma’s calendar (0)

May 2014

21: Paths of two immigrants (0)
21: Where does your milk come from? (0)
21: More than skin deep (0)
21: I never promised you a rose garden (0)
21: Nice ways to say no (0)
21: Give your child the gift of summer camp (0)
21: The Tin Man (0)
21: Words unspoken (0)
21: As happy as your unhappiest child (0)
21: Caretakers (0)
21: Finding magical moments in the everyday (0)
21: Ice Cream Sandwich Cake (0)
21: A letter to the birth mother I never knew (0)
21: Eight ways parents can help kids cope with divorce (0)
21: Breaking through the stages of remarriage with success (0)
21: A faithful companion (1)
21: New dreams, new look, new website and a “so long” … (0)
21: What’s your money personality? (0)
21: A surfer mom’s tale (0)