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As of January 1, 2010 you will have 3 choices from which you may choose to receive information from us.
There is a weekly Press Release announcing our TroubledTeenHelp.com Radio show guests and topics.
There is a brand new family focused newsletter coming to you from Dawn Bauer around the first of every month (or maybe the second or at least before the sixth!)
Look for Building Bridges for Families in your email in box.
And there will be a brand new industry specific (advocates, counselors, educational consultants, programs, schools and therapeutic consultants) newsletter coming to you from Dore Frances (around the fifteenth of every month. This will include ideas for now, insights for tomorrow, success stories, and much more.
Look for Building Bridges for Consultants and Programs in your email in box.
You may choose any one of these three email choices separately or choose to receive all 3.
The choice is yours.
Simply go to www.HorizonFamilySolutions.com or www.TroubledTeenHelp.com and sign up or for those that are already subscribers click on the bottom of this email card where it says - Update Profile/Email Address.
This will take you to where you need to make all your changes. Thank you and Happy Holidays!
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This Holiday Season, Give Back
Yes, it has been a tough year for many. It has also been a year where many stepped up and did some great and wonderful things to assist families and their children. To you - from me - thank you!
During
this last year, the one word that has dominated conversation,
besides "adolescents" or "Obama", has been "recession". Some of us are feeling pretty
good about having a new President, some not so good, however the "recession" thing we could
all probably do without.
I've been thinking a lot about where I was last year at this time and how people like us (hopefully, you)
who are passionately working at something they love (and making some money at it as well) and also have a home where they find comfort, no matter what the weather, and are handling the economic
challenges as best they can, are truly blessed. The so-called experts tell us that in tough economic times it's
important to hunker down and save, save, save. Maybe so, however we feel it has to be as equally important to look out of our cave or foxhole once in a while to
make sure everyone else is getting by.
I'm no economist, however I do know
that for whatever I have, there are a lot of people who have a lot more and a
lot more people who have much less.
Okay, so save a little; and then give a lot more. Give in
any way you can. We have more opportunity than our ancestors could have
imagined in their wildest dreams. We have the opportunity to be
successful, in more ways than they ever dreamed possible, that is for sure. We also have the opportunity to share, to show compassion, to learn from each other's experiences, to love who we want on
our terms, to correct our mistakes and move on, to look in the mirror
and see who we are, what we can become and know that we have the
power to get there. (Yes, that means you!)
Maybe on the nights we save money by eating at home we could also
give to a local food bank or food pantry for the hungry and homeless.
We could attend a meeting to discuss how we can engage in making our own community better. We can check in on the elderly or senior citizens in our
neighborhoods, or those that may just need a little bit more looking after. We can give either our money or our time to a cause we
believe in.
We can make sure our extended family and friends are not in need of
family or friends. We can patronize a local independent shop. We can send books
and things of comfort to our troops. We can smile more in public, and say hello to each other once in a while. We all have voices.
We can give thanks for
what we have and open our hearts to those who have less. The greatness of our country stems from the belief that we can make
a difference in our lives and the lives of others. So this year, let's
make a difference to each other. Maybe, just maybe it will make us even happier
than when we thought we had money.
From Dore Frances and Dawn Bauer;
Peace
Horizon Family Solutions
Troubled Teen Help
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Risks and tall horses are scary only to those afraid of falling.
Dore E. Frances, M.A.
Advocate, Therapeutic Consultant
Visionary
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Opportunities to offer hope seldom come, but
surround us every day through our awareness and willingness to make a
difference.
Dawn Bauer
Advocate, Educational Consultant
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