NO BETTER GIFT THAN TIME ITSELF

- Shannan Swanson, Food Editor

I know that on Mother’s Day I am supposed to be showered with gifts in return for all I do for my family, but all I really want is time. Time to enjoy my husband and my children. Time to bake cakes and make cookies. Time to plant vegetables in the garden. Time to walk on the beach and to snuggle with my baby.

Cindy with her family on her daughter's college graduation day in 2005

SMALL CHANGES, BIG RESULTS

- Cindy Zwicker, Contributing Writer

After seeing a documentary about the natural health benefits of the Rain Forest, I began to question just how healthy my family was, and the environment around us. The documentary spoke about how there were a vast assortment of plants that held health benefits for a lot of our known ailments. It also told us about how many countries utilize these medicinal plants and have been for centuries.