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A resource for families in Santa Cruz County
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Surely LOVE is the most treasured word of all time, for we each experience love in its many forms and nuances along our journey. Just sit quietly and think of all the family and friends whom you have loved and who love you --your parents, your children, childhood friends, teachers, a coach, first boyfriends or girlfriends, favorite aunts, uncles, grandarents, brothers, sisters, husband, wife.
I found some noted thinkers' profound, delightful and thought-provoking quotes about love to share with you. Thank you
Brain Pickings for your many essays on love replete with pithy love memos.
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“My view of human nature is that all of us are just holding it together in various ways — and that’s okay, and we just need to go easy with one another, knowing that we’re all these incredibly fragile beings.”
Alain De Botton
“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now…”
Jack Kerouac
“Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”
Kahlil Gibran
“I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
“If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me.”
W.H. Auden
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Have a lovely weekend!
Parmalee
info@santacruzparent.com
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Wellness Check and a Pot of Soup
A hard year can change your life. “Last summer my dog was diagnosed with cancer. My dad was sick, too, but he beat it.” Accustomed to traveling all over the state providing catering to the festival circuit, Chef Eric had been looking forward to going to Burning Man. The Universe had other plans. “Boy, I really want to do something but I don’t really have a lot of money. I needed something to feel like I wanted to get out of bed each day. And I really wanted to spend time with my dog.”
A professional caterer for over 30 years and owner of Plus 1 Catering, specializing in healthy, locally sourced food for all budgets, the answer quickly became clear.
“What can I do? I can feed people. I’m not going to solve world hunger, but no one in my town, my community, will go through that.” So he switched gears and spent the summer set up under a canopy at Junction Park in Boulder Creek doling out hot food to anyone who was hungry.
Read more about this local story>>>>>
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Julie is co-founder and Managing Editor at the San Lorenzo Valley Post and manages a blog about Boulder Creek called
Santa Cruz Mountains Local. Julie plays traditional Irish music on the hammered dulcimer and fiddle and hosts The Mountain Road, real Irish music radio Monday evenings from 8:00 to 10:00 on KBCZ 90.1 FM, Boulder Creek Community Radio and streaming worldwide @ kbcz.org
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Preview Day for Parents
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Kirby School 6-12,
2/26,
11:15am-1:15pm,
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Campus Tour Day,
Mount Madonna School PreK-12, 2/28, 9:30-11:30am
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Shadow Day for Students
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Kirby School 6-12, Mondays,
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"Shadow-A-Ram" for a Day, Good Shepherd Catholic, Wednesdays,
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AFE Info Evenings
, Independent Home Study School Program K-12, Branciforte Small School Campus, 2/19, 6:30-8pm,
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School Day Tour, Gateway School, 2/3, 9-10am,
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My heart is a window,
My heart is a slide.
My heart can be closed
or opened up wide.
Some days it’s a puddle.
Some days it’s a stain.
Some days it is cloudy
and heavy with rain.
Some days it is tiny,
but tiny can grow…
and grow…
and grow.
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There are days it’s a fence
between me and the world,
days it’s a whisper
that can barely be heard.
There are days it is broken,
but broken can mend,
and a heart that is closed
can still open again.
My heart is a shadow,
a light and a guide.
Closed or open…
I get to decide.
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Meetings for Men,
Breakthrough 2/18 & 3/3, 7-9p.m. Saint Philips Church, Scotts Valley.
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Valentine's Day at the MAH
, Enjoy 2-for-1 Admission, crafts, photo booths, music, and more Friday, 2/14,
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Spaghetti dinner for Valentine's Day
, Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, 2/14, 6-8pm,
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Elephant Seal Weekend
, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 2/14-16, 10am-5pm,
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Cinderella,
CYT, Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 2/14 – 2/16,
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When Species Collide,
Skyline to Sea Bypass Trail, four mile hike through Waddell Valley, 2/16, 12 noon,
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FREE Self Defense class for ages 5-7, Watsonville PAL, 130 Rodriguez St, Saturdays 10-10:45am,
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In the Heights, A
ll About Theatre, Louden Nelson Theater, 2/13-15,
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Guided Elephant Seal Walks
, Ano Nuevo State Park, ongoing,
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Try Junior Derby For A Day, Santa Cruz Derby Groms, Scotts Valley, Ages 7-17, 2/22, 2-5pm,
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8-Week Triple P Group: for Families with Teens,
Ceiba School, Watsonville, Tuesdays, 2/4 – 3/24, 6 – 8 pm
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Triple P 8-Week Group: For families with children 2-12 years old,
La Manzana Community Resources, 18 W. Lake Ave, Suite E, Watsonville, Thursdays, 2/6 – 3/26, 6 – 8 pm,
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Triple P Workshop: Preventing and Managing Disobedience,
Nueva Vista Community Resources, 711 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz
, Tuesday, 2/25, 5:30 – 7 pm
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Children's Chess Instruction with Gjon Feinstein
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Downtown Library, 2/15 and all Saturdays, 2–3:30pm,
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Science Sunday, I Spy from the Sky,
Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 2/16, 12:30–1:30pm,
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Seniors on the Brink of Adulthood
Yesterday I was listening to a parent tell me about her daughter's exhaustion with school. We both thought back to our own senior years, recalling the mix of emotions, including burnout and apprehension about what would come next. The very next day I opened my email from
LitHub and read an inspiring, true story about this very topic. If this story resonates with you, please share with teachers and friends!
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The Chaotic Side of Learning: Keeping High School Seniors From Falling Asleep
Atlanta English Teacher Susan Barber on “Creating
Senior year. Hearts and minds elsewhere than the classroom, seniors seem to lose interest. They talk, they sleep, they stop turning in work. They are, in a word, done.
As with everything in education, it’s more complicated than that. Students at the end of high school are steeped in contradictions: they can’t wait to leave, but fear the loss of structure and consistency. The rote schedule of high school can be a bore—and a comfort. More than one senior has told me, quite directly: I’m not ready to grow up. We know students have to grow up—and yet. We understand the hesitation.
Teachers of seniors have to work extra hard to keep kids interested, and Susan Barber is up for the challenge. She teaches almost half of all seniors at Grady High School. Founded in 1872, Grady is one of the oldest high schools in Atlanta. Barber takes that history seriously—which means real investment in tradition, and the recognition that she needs to help students make the transition into the wider world.
Read the rest of this true story>>>>>
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