Purchase Area Family Magazine
T H A N K F U L F O R FA M I LY. . . ell this issue of Purchase Area Family Magazine is just huge! It’s crammed full of holiday shopping and seasonal coupons. We hope you’ll shop locally this holiday season and that our shopping guide will remind you of all the great stores we have in the area. Most towns have a dedicated ‘open house’ day or a weekend where businesses will have special deals, giveaways and more! Please let our supporting advertisers know that you saw them in the magazine. We couldn’t publish without them!
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Editor/Publisher: Karen Hammond Cell 270-559-5840 Office 270-415-9400 Karen@purchasefamilymag.com www.purchasefamilymag.com
The magazine features some great articles about subjects we love; an adoption story, a unique local fundraiser to help fight cancer, the next ‘study abroad’ program at WKCTC and a little cosmic science just in time for Thanksgiving. This is a big ‘thank you’ from me to all the people who make this magazine possible. Our account executives, writers, administrative and design staff all did an outstanding job this month.
Contributing Writers: Anisa Cox, Robin Gericke, Jason Lindsey, Shannah Poindexter, Harvest Prude, Gail Robinson-Butler, Tammy Samples, Dr. Heath Schipp, Nikki Tapscott, Gwen Taylor, Kristin Taylor, and Andrew Williams
I was contemplating Thanksgiving while I worked out the other day. It’s a uniquely American holiday and one I have come to love. My son, John, will be visiting for two weeks and we have lots of family stuff planned: We’re going to see the Nutcracker Ballet at the Cason Center, we’re planning on Predators tickets in Nashville and of course, Thanksgiving dinner with Britt’s family in Greenbrier, Tennessee. There will be lots of good food and fellowship I am sure. I am especially thankful for my family this year. I was able to visit England and see all my relatives and friends this past April. As I have mentioned before, I am adopted but I have re-connected with my birth parents, which means I have a large number of people who I consider ‘family’. Growing up, my adopted family was not very big: Only my Uncle Bob had children and family gatherings could fit into his living room. My birth Mum has a large family and there are plenty of cousins, aunts, and now nieces. My father is in St. Louis and I have siblings and aunts, cousins and nieces all over southern Missouri and Illinois. My son, daughter and grandson live in San Francisco; which is literally half way round the world from where I was born.
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Despite the distances involved, I make an effort to stay in touch with everyone. When I first moved to the U.S. over 35 years ago, I wrote a lot of letters. Now, the internet and Facebook have helped a lot and allow me to stay connected. I think that having survived cancer twice my family is more important than ever. This year has been special: I have been able to hug them all.
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