New Year’s Resolutions Around the Bend

COMMUNITY CULTURE | By Zeenat Kassam Mitha – New Year’s resolutions are a wonderful way to begin 2017!  Resolutions are about new beginnings and being hopeful and persistent. They also serve as an incentive for impactful personal change. I have always thought that it is not the level of the change...

Sugar Land Girl Scout Earns National Service Award

Katie Hyde, a senior at Logos Preparatory Academy in Sugar Land, earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouting. The award recognizes girls in grades nine through 12 who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through sustainable and measurable community service projects that require a...

Texas Bar Foundation Awards Grant to Child Advocates of Fort Bend

The Texas Bar Foundation recently awarded Child Advocates of Fort Bend (CAFB) a $5,000 grant. These funds will be used to support the Multidisciplinary Team Enhancement Program (MEP). MEP began in late 2015 as a way of identifying children who are victims of abuse and would otherwise fall through the cracks...

Nighttime Fears and Things That Go Bump

Kids’ Corner | By Patrick Biron – Darkness holds a special place in the hall of horrors that everyone keeps in their minds. For a number of reasons, nighttime becomes a spark for fears people never knew they had. And with young children ages two through about 10, dealing with these fears is a skill...

No Grain, No Pain

FOCUS ON HEALTH | By Dr. Peter Osborne – The following is an excerpt from Dr. Osborne’s new book, No Grain, No Pain.  Maybe you’ve been told that your pain is “all in your head.” Perhaps you’ve tried a variety of different therapies and prescription drugs without success. You’re tired,...

Dr. Shel Wellness & Aesthetic Center Empowering Women from the Inside Out

COVER STORY | By M.G. Angulo – A woman’s role in our society has transformed tremendously over the decades, allowing women to showcase their abilities in the home, in their careers and throughout their communities. Unfortunately, a woman’s health often takes a back seat to her demanding schedule...