Enduring Mother’s Day Minus our Child
Surviving another Mother’s Day without a son or daughter
Written by Eileen Spatz, COA Contributing Writer
Approaching Mother’s Day each year used to be...
Shout Out to Pastor Pondo
Fourteen suicides and substance-related deaths took place in the span of one year in San Clemente. All fourteen of these victims were...
Reality Party for Parents
"Many adults feel drinking and drug use is a rite of passage. They assume teen parties are the same as when they...
Drug & Alcohol Free New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve ranks number one in the list of the “booziest” holidays of the year. It is the holiday when people...
Facing the Holidays with a Hole in your Heart
There it was, carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and nestled snugly in a box of Christmas decorations that I had packed up on...
Why Tennis
Tennis Is A Life Game, By Pondo Vleisides
We all want to do something in the sports field yet find ourselves not the...
Finding Peace Amid Your Grief
Tanya Brown, sister to the late Nicole Brown Simpson is no stranger to adversity or trauma. Faced with near overwhelming life challenges,...
How to Feel More at Peace
Difficult experiences, challenges and negative emotions are a part of our human experience. And when we don’t know how to process what...
Sports Injuries can lead to Opioid Addiction ~ Doctors over-prescribing pain medications can lay foundation for addiction
We parents know the joy that sports and athletic activities can bring to the lives of our kids. Starting in childhood, most...
Playing Guitar to Promote Healthy Living
Three summers ago, Ian lost his brother Damon Allen Stanley to a heroin overdose on August 20th. In memory of him, Ian played...
