Fake It Till You Make It in Confidence From Mom
A Mother's Day reflection via Alisa Edwards Smith on confidence learned from her mother. The narrative recalls a disciplined stride into a group of men around a concrete mix pile for a water tower at the orphanage in Ogbomosho Nigeria, with early stops at a leprosy settlement and blind center.
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Alisa Edwards Smith
Ogbomosho
Nigeria
Appalachian Mountains
Africa
Duke University
Maternal grit and a Nigeria water tower feat
A daughter recalls 1967 in Nigeria during the Biafran War. Her mother oversees the orphanage water tower project amid sand mix errors, proving confidence can substitute for expertise. The story highlights a mentor who embodies tenacity, shaping the narrator’s resilience and life lessons.
Teenager seeks calm in strained mother relationship
A 15 year old boy writes that his 40 year old mother yells, withholds money, and rarely cleans while he does most chores. He suggests counseling but she refuses. advice favors seeking school or relative support and offering the mother reassurance.
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Annie
Tve
Guam
Support Groups Information For Domestic Violence Survivors
Support groups details include contact numbers for The Telegram and the Center for Community Support & Research plus a 24 hour crisis line. It lists Teen-Talk for victims of domestic violence dating violence and sexual assault with meeting times at Family Crisis Services Inc. Susan can be reached at 620 275 2018.
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Center For Community Support & Research
Wea. Coer
Wichita
Call Family Crisis Services Inc
Family Crisis Services Inc
W. Fulton St
Susan At
Community support groups and meetings in Garden City
A compilation of substance abuse and support groups including Alcoholics Anonymous hotlines and daily meetings at 116 1/2 BE Chestnut, Narcotics Anonymous at The Presbyterian Church 1719 Texas St, Al-Anon Thursdays at 116 1/2 E Chestnut, Alzheimer's and Traumatic Brain Injury support groups, Breast Friends Cancer Support at Legacy House 309 E Walnut, Garden City Wolf Pack CRO at 409 N Eighth St, Resources for Healing for cancer caregivers at Heartland Cancer Center 410 E Spruce St. Contacts include (620) 287-6330 (AA) and (620) 640-9894 (NA) with other numbers listed where provided.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Garden City
Chestnut St
Narcotics Anonymous
Presbyterian Church
Texas St
North Door
Al-Anon
Breast Friends
Legacy House
Walnut St
Wolf Pack
C.R.O
CRO
N. Eighth St
Alexis Fluellen
Heartland Cancer Center
E. Spruce St
Community wellness and recovery groups in Finney County
Local listings show TOPS weight loss meetings at the Senior Center of Finney County and Weight Watchers sessions at First United Methodist Church. Support options include Celebrate Recovery at Area 96 in Scott City and Garden City Nazarene and Bible Christian Church groups, plus Zen discussions and a bereavement support at High Plains Public Radio.
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Blue Room
Finney County
10Th St
Kathy Howard
Patti Barton
Garden City
First United Methodist Church
N. Main St
Seventh Street
Norma Nolte
Bednasek
Networksplus. Net
Fifth St
Scott City
Garden City Church
Bible Christian Church
E. Mary St
High Plains
High Plains Public Radio
Seventh St
Engagement of Paige Kinzie to Joshua Wisenbaker
Paige Kinzie and Joshua Wisenbaker announce their engagement. Paige, daughter of Dean and Vicki Kinzie of Macksville, earned a master's in English from Emporia State University and teaches at Jefferson County North High School in Winchester. Joshua, son of John and Bonnie Wisenbaker of Garden City, graduated from Garden City High School and KU with a master's in accounting, and works for Wendling Noe Nelson Johnson in Topeka. The couple plans to marry June 25, 2016, at Chrisman Manor in Oskaloosa.
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Dean
Vicki Kinzie
Macksville
Paige Kinzie
Joshua Wisenbaker
John
Bonnie Wisenbaker
Garden City
Macksville High School
Emporia State University
Jefferson County North High School
Winchester
Garden City High School
University of Kansas
Wendling, Noe
Nelson and Johnson
Topeka
Chrisman Manor
Oskaloosa
Birth Announcement for Aiden Aaron Delehant
Aiden Aaron Delehant born May A 2016 to Desiree and Joshua Delehant of Garden City. He has a brother Cooper Michael Delehant, 4. Grandparents David and Marlene Delehant of Pueblo, Maury and Nola Kramer of Holyoke, and Yvette and Chris Wood of Hoover.
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Aiden Aaron Delehant
Desiree and
Joshua Delehant
Garden City
Cooper Michael Delehant
David and
Marlene Delehant
Pueblo, Colo
Maury
Nola Kramer
Holyoke
Colo
Yvette and
Chris Wood
Hoover, Ala
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Logan Lower
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Taylor Plaza
Jahronda
Adoptkskids.org
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Beagle
Jim US
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