LIving Life: Become the Voice for a Foster Child — Become a CASA
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
A foster child’s journey is one like no other, and often they feel unheard. They are placed in the homes of strangers where they are …
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Living Life: Winter time blues
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
As the time changes and the days get shorter, people often struggle with feeling down or like they have less energy. That often gets compounded …
Living Life: Country trauma and healing
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Once again our country is in a state of acute stress. We’ve experienced something so horrific that we struggle to make sense of it and …
Living Life: Helping children in troubled times
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
As grownups, we, too, have been traumatized by the recent events in the world, and with the recent school shooting in Spokane it hit really …
Living Life: Help a Foster Child, Become a CASA
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Foster children experience a journey like no other. They are often placed in the homes of strangers where they are left to figure out all …
Living Life: Back to school
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
As August arrives and summer begins to wind down, it will soon be time to get ready for a new school year. Whether your summer …
Living Life: Living the last third
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Like many, I have spent years raising children and helping them thrive. After working three jobs, seven days a week for years to help pay …
Living Life: Volunteerism
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
“You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.”
—Winston Churchill
As the volunteer education and youth …
Living Life: What helps make a good marriage?
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”
— Robert Quillen
The secret to a good marriage is an interesting question, and if …
Living Life: Building Childhood Memories
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
Summer is a wonderful time to build memories for our children that they will carry into adulthood. Ask people about summer, and most have memories …
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