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Military Mom Says Bloom Where You Are
by Meredith Green
In the fall of 2006, my son was 22-months-old and my husband was set to come off a 4-month deployment at sea on board the USS Kitty Hawk. Tha...t's when we got the news. We received orders to Japan. Now, we are a military family, and we go when we're called, so I packed everything up, including our toddler and met my husband in Ayase City.
Together we searched for a place to live, which ended up being off the American base where we were stationed and out in town amongst the Japanese. What can I say—if we were going to spend three years here, why not truly live “Japanese” style and embrace the culture? As soon as we got settled in to our lovely, though cramped, new home my husband set off again on another deployment.
That's when I began noticing the disparities betw
by Kristen Townsend
We spend month's planning our summer vacations: booking family friendly hotels, getting the best deals on tickets to attractions and packing just the right a...mount of clothes and toys to make our adventures fun. But many of us overlook planning for our children's safety in new locations. Hotels have pools, attractions often have water rides and beaches have rip tides.
Drowning is the second leading cause of death in children aged 1-14 years old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and most of these deaths can be prevented. Consider this, a swimming pool is 14 times more likely than a motor vehicle to be involved in the death of a child age 4 and under as reported on the Orange County California Fire Authority website. Yet many parents arrive to the pool or beach without the proper s
Mount Pleasant resident Melissa Fosdick talks about how her Puerto Rican roots influence her diet and exercise habits, how her body went from curvaceous to bodacious after her son was born a...nd shares what shes learned about being healthy in a society that glorifies the Hispanic sexpot image.
What is your cultural background?
I am first generation Nuyorican. My parents were both born and raised in Puerto Rico, and moved to New York after graduating from High School. They met in Manhattan, which is where I was born and raised. My first language is Spanish and I have never lived outside of New York until I moved here to Charleston two years ago.
How does your culture play into your food choices?
This is a loaded question! I LOVE bread, butter, meat and salt. Like southern food
by Kelly Knox
Controlling frizzy hair is not always an easy feat especially in this summer heat! Caused in most cases by lack of moisture in the hair; frizz can be controll...ed with the right level of moisture, which experts say is 8 percent. Women who have curly or wavy hair will have a harder time getting moisture from root to tip. This is because the hair shaft has an "S" shape instead of a straight pattern, so the oil simply has trouble getting to the ends. This leads to dry ends that split and hair that breaks off midway down the hair shaft. Once frizz is present, it's hard to get rid of, but can be smoothed temporarily with the right products.
For those who are dedicated to frizz free hair, start by using hydrating shampoos and conditioners without paraben or sulfate, both of which will eventually
by Holly Fisher
I’m pretty sure I put up a good front. I never let ‘em see me sweat – or in this case, cry. I said all the appropriate and acceptable things. I ...don’t think anyone beyond my husband and mom knew how much I was struggling after the birth of my daughter more than four years ago.
The idea of postpartum depression is completely contradictory to our standard images of motherhood. Convention tells us we must immediately fall in love with our red, wrinkly little newborn. We must love every second of sleepless nights and poopy diapers. Our lives were devoid of meaning before the birth of this child.
But for many of us that image of motherhood isn’t anything like our reality. We’re sad and tearful. We’re anxious an stressed. We’re angry and tired. We’re suffering from postpartum depressio
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