June 11, 2021 | Family
Happy Mother’s Day! Moms, you are the epitome of strength, beauty and resilience, and if no one has told you lately, you’re doing an amazing job. Since March of 2020, motherhood has new meaning amidst parenting in a pandemic. Throw in sustaini...
May 5, 2021 | Family
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are incredibly celebrated occasions in our culture, when we honor the women and men who have nurtured us throughout a lifetime. Stores are filled with cards, flowers, and balloons; family fun days are planned; restauran...
April 6, 2021 | Family
It’s easy to feel overcome with the repetition of the day and not realize all the opportunities to connect with our kids. Here are 3 tips for dad on how to find that connection. #1: Pay Attention A trip to the park could mean you let the kids play a...
February 26, 2021 | Family
This holiday season marked three years since Paula and Todd Oskam of Melbourne lost their 3-month-old son, Maxwell James, to a then-undiagnosed pediatric cancer. What healthcare providers believed at the time to be a virus resulted in Maxwell dying suddenly the...
February 16, 2021 | Family
I came across the military edition of “The Five Love Languages” book by Gary Chapman in the lobby of the USO where I started volunteering in 2017. My son had just left for Army boot camp. I chose to volunteer with the USO, Blue Star Families and oth...
February 15, 2021 | Family
We dads are all over the place when it comes to the individual journey to be the best parent we can be. Some stay at home and struggle to feel worthiness while others are the main income earner and work so much that they have little time to spend with loved one...
November 23, 2020 | Family
The only thing as diverse as holiday traditions are the families who celebrate them. Whether a generations-old recipe or a new movie watched every Christmas Eve, Brevard families run the gamut on what they celebrate — and how — during the most wonde...
November 16, 2020 | Family
Recently, I met with Brevard Family Partnership (BFP) as I considered becoming a foster parent, and since that time, I have contemplated the role of community action using “The Five Love Languages” from the book by Gary Chapman. Protecting children,...
November 10, 2020 | Family
Seniors Helping Seniors of Brevard helps our county’s mature citizens by matching seniors who want to help with seniors who need a little help. Seniors Helping Seniors (SHS) co-owner Jennifer Helin didn’t have to look far for the motivation to start...
October 30, 2020 | Family
For over 40 years, Hospice of St. Francis provided help and hope to Brevard residents at one of life’s most challenging stages. In August, they adopted a new name, St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care, to better communicate the wide range of services th...
October 14, 2020 | Family
As a business with long standing traditions of both inclusivity and sexual health and wellness, more and more people are coming to Fairvilla stores to ask what to do when their child comes out. Since we opened our Brevard County megastore in 1996 and have since...
September 17, 2020 | Family
Meet Karen Nyberg: Retired Astronaut, Mom, Wife, Artist Dr. Karen Nyberg knew from an early age that she wanted to be an astronaut. Her young imagination and dreams were inspired by NASA selecting the first women for the astronaut program in 1978 and then again...
