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eing on the water is my happy place. Maybe it’s because I’m a Pisces or maybe it’s because I have a lot of great childhood memories on or near the water. Probably a bit of both.

SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Tamara Bodford

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Heather Spivey

This past weekend, I was on the water with my brother and his girlfriend when all of a sudden, we realized something was very wrong. The boat we were on was sinking. About 3 feet of water was inside the area where the boat engine is and the water was quickly rising. The engine was getting bogged down with water and the boat wouldn’t go more than 7 or 8 mph. Thankfully, we weren’t too far away from the dock and we were able to get the boat on the lift and drain out the water before it was too late. It was scary, but it could’ve been so much worse. What if we were on the other side of the lake?! What if we had had a dog(s) or someone who wasn’t a good swimmer on the boat? What if my brother hadn’t been there? The latter question is the scariest—I’m not sure how I would’ve handled that situation without him if I’m being honest.

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This boat situation got me thinking that this mindset can apply to so much in life. You may feel like your metaphorical boat is sinking, but is it really? Is it a bad 5 minutes that you are turning into a bad day or a bad week? Is it the end of the world? Probably not. I’m a big believer in mindset. Mindset can make or break a situation, your day, your relationships… your life! This is your sign to consider putting some extra effort into shifting your mindset to a more positive one.

It’ll be worth it, I promise.

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An unfortunate situation? Absolutely.

The end of the world? No.

We have some great content in this issue that I cannot wait for you to read! Head to page 108 to read an article on manifestation. This topic goes hand in hand with shifting your mindset and is a really impactful read.

Be sure to join us at Butcher & Bull on Thursday July 14th for Girls’ Night Out! This one is extra special because we’ll be celebrating KeeKee’s birthday! (Keela Johnson, the founder of Forsyth Woman and also my beautiful mom!). Reservations are highly recommended and if you came to GNO at MidTown this past month—you’ll see why! Wow! We had a huge crowd and it was such a blast. Learn more about our July GNO event on page 61 and see photos from our June GNO event on page 60.

We are thrilled to feature ROAR this month for the Forsyth Mags Foodie Review! From tacos to burgers to charcuterie… this place literally has it all! Read the full review on page 56 and if you haven’t already, be sure to follow us on Instagram @forsythmags to see “behind the scenes” videos of our foodie reviews.

Wishing you a happy and healthy month of July!

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forever home in four months

BY KALI NEWLEN-BURDEN

PHOTOS BY J. SINCLAIR

Vicki and Brad Carr have built homes from scratch, and have renovated before, but this time was different – they wanted to renovate their dream home. Their vision for the space combined with ICON Custom Builders’ expertise ultimately created a home for their entire family to enjoy.

A renovation requires a clear plan, patience, and collaboration. ICON’s full-service team and trusted trade partners – from the project manager to the cabinet maker to the electrician – worked to make the process seamless.

“I am pretty picky, but their attention to details really helped me relax,” Vicki said.

“I did not feel like I had to run around and look at everything they were doing to see if it was square, straight, even, and painted right – it was just done.”

The Carrs were proactive. As soon as they put a contract on their new house, they called ICON. They walked through each space and discussed their project goals, timeline and desired investment. Together, they prioritized key areas – the kitchen, primary bath, sunroom, and deck – and came up with a plan to get the home move-in ready.

During the four-month project, ICON replicated the open and bright feel of the Carrs’ former home, while celebrating the character of their new home. Project manager Doug Johnson led the team in removing walls to open up the kitchen to the adjacent living spaces. They transformed a screened-in porch into a sunroom that flows naturally into the rest of the home. ICON adjusted the framing, leveled floors, reconfigured closets, and painted walls – all while navigating a few unexpected challenges.

“As soon as we closed and had the keys, we said ‘Go,’” Vicki shared.

Demo began immediately, but the changes did not happen overnight.

“Every full-house renovation comes with surprises,” Doug said. “Certain issues sometimes create delays, but that is also where we excel – providing

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a solution that does not kill a schedule.”

Vicki chuckled when she recalled moving in without a refrigerator, and realizing the kitchen backsplash she had selected did not suit the new space.

One year, one refrigerator and one new backsplash later, the Carrs are enjoying every square foot of their remodeled home. “The bones of the house were wonderful,” Vicki said. And with the updates to the layout, it now matches their lifestyle – primary living spaces on the main floor, several conversational areas, and ample room to entertain three children and seven grandchildren.

Every family member has a favorite new space. Vicki loves her bright kitchen, and her sunroom with exposed brick. Brad enjoys his grilling station, thanks to the extra 60 square feet added to the deck.

Their grandchildren have already claimed their own rooms and hangout spots.

“It is way more house than two people need,” Vicki shared. “But we wanted it that way so we could all enjoy it.”

A detailed design plan has turned into a home that will welcome Carr family memories for years to come. And just like their sunroom, the future is bright.

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The return of one of Winston-Salem’s favorite events!

BY MARTIE EMORY There’s already excitement in the air for the return of the community favorite Gears and Guitars Cycling/Music Event, coming your way September 9-11, 2022, with a few new twists this year!

The ninth edition of this amazing mix of sport and entertainment will feature three exciting days of professional and amateur bike racing, community bike rides, and an extra special live music event. Long-time sponsors Novant Health, Flow Automotive, and the Carolinas Pain Institute have been instrumental in supporting this event through the years, and in bringing the extravaganza back in full force again this year.

“This year we’re really taking it up a notch,” says the event’s Chief Operating Officer, Ray Boden. “Thanks to our friends at Lidl, we’re making all the music all weekend free, including the big concert on Saturday night at Bailey Park.” Dawes has been announced as the headliner for Friday night’s festivities off 4th street, along with Better Than Ezra and other special guests on Saturday night at Bailey Park.

Gears and Guitars is known as one of the country’s premiere professional and amateur cycling events,

bringing in racers from across the country, and some from around the world. It’s affectionately dubbed “the biggest party on two wheels” for a reason: The event has a reputation for its challenging criterium circuit around Bailey Park, a host of community cycling activities, and big-name live music for a one-of-a-kind weekend.

Gears and Guitars is a celebration of community-wide fitness, family fun, and the clear appeal cycling has taken on in the Winston-Salem area. With its overall vibrant ambiance and focus on a healthy lifestyle for all, the city of Winston-Salem has grown its cycling community into an enormously popular outlet, as a favorite solo, group, or family activity. Whether you’re biking on the greenway with your kids on a weekend afternoon, winding a road or two with cycling buddies, or exploring nearby trails on a mountain bike, cycling is a great way to establish some healthy habits and grab a good dose of fresh air and sunshine. If you work downtown, you’re likely used to seeing lots of cycling commuters to work as well!

Once you decide to master your bike, you’ll see it’s easy to find cycling clubs, expert bike shops, even veterans’ riding groups, since literally thousands of Winston-Salem residents are involved in the sport of cycling at some level.

Here’s what to expect that weekend: FRIDAY NIGHT Streets of Fire, presented by Flow Automotive Exciting drag racestyle street sprint bike racing heats down 4th Street all evening, with free live music and headliner Dawes.

SATURDAY Criterium Racing and Festival Professional and amateur criterium racing all day long around Bailey Park. The race route will now start and finish uphill along Vine Street, making for great spectator viewing. Bailey Park will be open for a festival atmosphere with booths, food trucks, a beer garden, and exhibitions in the mini velodrome (a small wooden and steeply banked arena where cyclists compete in thrilling pursuit races).

SATURDAY NIGHT Free Concert Bring your blankets and hang out the rest of the evening for a free concert at Bailey Park featuring headliner Better Than Ezra!

SUNDAY: Fondos and Family Fun The Fondos, presented by Flow Automotive, are community rides open to everyone, and will have four different distances this year, including greenway/gravel options. The afternoon will include a family bike parade and a kid’s bike rodeo along with food trucks and more free live local music.

There’s still time to get your legs in shape, gather your cycling buddies, and by all means check out the countless volunteer opportunities that will be necessary to deliver this fun, impactful weekend to Winston-Salem. Even if it’s been awhile – as the old saying goes – you really never forget how to ride that bike!

Visit WinstonSalemCycling.com now for registration information. Gears and Guitars will take place in Bailey Park, located on Patterson Avenue between Fourth and Fifth Streets, in the Innovation Quarter, and all bike rides will depart from Bailey Park.

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Brookridge Retirement

BY TARYN JEREZ

A monthly column that keeps its finger on the pulse of Forsyth’s artists and their inspiring stories!

This month’s featured artist, Christina Parrish, creates larger than life custom artwork for her clients by transforming their space with murals that bring their vision to life.

How have you evolved, personally, as an artist?

Christina Parrish | Mural Artist

I have definitely become more confident in my skills, abilities, and processes surrounding muraling. After I moved from Georgia to North Carolina, I founded my LLC and began figuring out the processes involved in running a creative business based on visual art. Though growing creatively is something that I will continue to pursue with every opportunity, I place a lot of pride in figuring out how to place value on being an artist.

How would you describe your work?

Most of my murals are brightly colored and posterized imagery coupled with hand lettering. Most imagery is decided on by clients, and I just put my creative twist on their requests!

What influences your art most?

I am an art educator in the public school system. I began muraling six years ago to start beautifying places in the school system that may otherwise feel institutional, and create a sense of community surrounding that art. The school system continues to influence my work. I constantly look at walls and think of ways that I can make the school system better for both students and educators alike.

What do you enjoy most about creating custom murals?

I simply enjoy listening to clients’ visions about their businesses, and then making their vision a reality. I enjoy watching clients’ reactions as murals are being installed, and their reaction when their murals are complete. I also enjoy watching customers enjoy the murals that my clients commission!

How do you carve out time to be creative outside of your client work?

Because I am an educator for the public school system, my client work is usually the time that I carve out to be creative.

In addition to murals, I also accept pet portrait commissions, and the combination of the two usually consumes most of my time. I am always on the lookout for more walls to paint, and I frequently take pictures of walls that I want to paint, and create mockups just for me!

What are you working on that excites you right now?

I have a few sign painting jobs lined up for new businesses, but I am currently working on a mockup to create a mural for my own classroom! It’s seldom that I create something for myself, and I’m excited to create a mural for my own teaching environment.

What is one piece of advice you’d like to share with fellow artists?

Your creativity is valuable! Charge your worth.

If you are interested in learning more about Christina Parrish you can follow her on Instagram @christina.parrish.art as well as find her work online at www.christinaparrishart.com. You can also check out her work locally at Bar Nola, Kernersville Brewing Company, Cake and All Things Yummy, and Truist Stadium (WS Dash).

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Keeping It Real SAVORING THE FAMILIAR

BY DR. DEBBIE LANIER

In 2020, predictability packed its bags and took a one-way ticket to one epic emergency after another. We barely catch our breath from one scandalizing reality before the tremors of the next tsunami commence!

February 24, 2022 . . . rumors of war in Ukraine accelerated into live images before our very eyes. Russia invaded ruthlessly as we witnessed the horrors.

Bombs pummeling nearby cities forced Ukrainians from their homes to seek shelter. They not only forsook familiar places and routines but also their life’s belongings. Many fled with a suitcase in one hand while gripping a terrorized child in the other. As they stumbled through rubble, these frightened families realized their beloved communities, too, would soon smolder.

Immediately, my husband received the call to get to Moldova. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews needed him at Ukraine’s border. Millions of desperate folks flooded Ukraine’s neighboring countries, seeking refuge from the terror.

Leaders on the ground attempted to describe the traumatizing scenes before my husband arrived. My guy has traveled the remotest parts of the world and witnessed seemingly every shade of devastation. He appreciated their warnings but with little capacity for shock.

As his feet stepped on that soil and into their stories, he realized that nothing had prepared him for this! These weren’t impoverished people like he and my son helped in Haiti. These Ukrainian refugees lived just like you and me.

Just days prior, these dignified folks sat in upscale restaurants and sipped wine with their friends. The week before, these professionals met in ornate offices, and children gathered in colorful classrooms counting the days until summer. Families meticulously planned their weekends, from t-ball games to family gatherings with that pesky yard work to boot.

But it all abruptly halted. Survival became the only itinerary! My husband assisted with the endless task of feeding and housing these desperate folks who lost everything except their lives. He said, upon returning, that we will be unpacking the significance of that experience for a long time.

In a matter of days from that moment, our son, Paul, boarded a flight to Romania. Like his father, he longed to become a part of the solution.

Paul had lived in Romania as a full-time missionary in 2021.

He understood the lay of the land but more importantly, Paul recognized the catastrophic need descending upon the ministry he had previously assisted. They needed missionary boots on the ground ASAP, so he hopped a plane to help those who couldn’t help themselves.

My son still makes almost daily trips to Ukraine’s border.

He and his amazing team house desperate women and children, and help them create a new life in a new place with no husbands or fathers. Their men remain in Ukraine to fight.

Once-boring daily routines have become the one thing these refugees yearn to savor just one more time.

These stories that my family engage in on a daily basis in this season . . . they pause me. I relish the monotony of life a little more now. Oh, I haven’t stopped pushing myself out of my comfort zone. (The familiar lulls us into lethargy.)

But I’m dusting off my gratitude for the blessings I enjoy continuously yet rarely pause to consider.

I make myself imagine having the life I enjoy and the people I love ripped from me. I force myself to consider my days without my soothing familiar.

Friends, let us live like it’s all a gift. “What do you have that God has not given you?” (1 Corinthians 4:7) Oh, I would love to change some things in my life, but I cannot let that overwhelm my awareness of what I already hold in my hand.

I’m blessed. We’re blessed. I’m determined to live like I know it! Don’t mind me, I’m just basking in the familiar a little more these days. It’s all a gift!

For comments or prayer, contact Dr. Lanier at PastorDebbie@HopeCommunityChurch.tv.

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As a nation, we owe a debt to those who served during WWII, known as ‘the greatest generation’, the Korean War and Vietnam War, that we can never repay. The young men who defended our country, the families who awaited their return at home, and our allies during those times in history are the best among us and sadly, with WWII veterans, there aren’t many left. Honoring those who remain is important and the Triad Honor Flight does that by flying veterans to the memorials in Washington, DC, erected in their honor and in memory of those lost in war.

GIVING BACK TO THOSE WHO GAVE SO MUCH

The National World War II Memorial opened in 2004, but for many of those veterans, getting to the memorial wasn’t easy. Retired Air Force Captain Earl Morse, at that time a Physician Assistant in Springfield, OH, noticed that patients who served in WWII loved talking about the new Memorial, but were constrained to seeing it by their age, health, and finances.

In early 2005, Captain Morse flew several veterans in his own plane to see their Memorial and the tremendous impact that trip had on those veterans inspired Capt. Morse to recruit other pilots to do the same. He took his idea to the Wright Patterson Air Force Base Flying Club, with 11 pilots immediately signing up, with that the Honor Flight was launched. Within a year, there was a growing list of WWII veterans prompting Honor Flight to begin flying on commercial airlines to accommodate as many as possible.

Between 2009 and 2011, 1300 Triad-based WWII veterans were honored by Rotary District 7690 with a flight to our nation’s capital.

In 2020, a new hub of the Honor Flight network was formed by Alison Huber, passionate about honoring those who have served.

Alison had a unique opportunity to fly to DC to meet her dad, who was being honored on an Honor Flight from Ohio. Alison returned from her trip feeling that it had changed her life and so she began the arduous task of reforming Triad Honor Flight Hub, which had been dormant for several years. After many months, says, and hours with a team of volunteers the group received their sanction from Honor Flight National and were awarded a non-profit 501 (c)(3) designation serving those who fought in WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam, between the ages of 65-100.

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TRI D HONOR FLIGHT

BY CAROLYN S PETERSON

Jackie Kohler, of Triad Honor Flights Board of Directors, said, “Those who served are very dear to me.

I am the granddaughter of a WWI veteran, serving in the Italian Army, the daughter of a career Naval officer, with 30 years of service, and the widow of a retired Navy Commander with 33 years of service, and am an Army veteran myself, as well as, the mother of two wounded/medically retired Maries who served in Iraq and are now on 100% disability. I believe there is no greater honor that to give back to those who have given so much to our country so that we may remind, ‘The homie of the free because of the brave.’” The Triad Honor Flight made their first trip to Washington, DC on November 11, 2021, Veterans Day with 90 veterans and 90 guardians, along with medical staff.

A DAY TO REMEMBER

On the day of the flight, the veterans fly to Washington, DC with their guardians, medical staff, and a tour guide. The group travel by police escort through the city to visit the War memorials erected in their honor. “Many of our vets haven’t ever been to Washington, DC. Since we have veterans from several wars, we spend time at each of the memorials honoring the individual war, then we have a catered lunch, lay wreaths, and celebrate these wonderful men and women who have worn the uniform of the United States military, whether it be in times of war or peace,” said Jackie. There are so many memories made during Honor Flight trips and veterans say their time in Washington, DC was ‘the trip of a lifetime.’

To make these trips possible, donations are needed as are volunteers. “Veterans fly for free; there is a cost for guardians of $600. We currently have a waiting list of several hundred people who want to be guardians and an equal number of veterans waiting for a seat. Our second flight was on April 27, 2022 with the third on October 12th. Veterans can be sponsored for a donation of $600, which covers the cost of the flight, insurance, and the day in DC,” Jackie commented.

Triad Honor Flight welcomes both donations/sponsorships, as well as donations from the private sector and all funds are used exclusively for the Honor Flight. There are no salaries paid to the Board Members, staff, or volunteers.

If you would like more information on Triad Honor Flight, visit www.TriadHonorFlight.org.

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Celebrate International Friendship Day

BY ANGELIA CORNATZER

“In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.” - Unknown

Friends are the ones we call when the amazing stuff is happening, and the ones we cry to when the hard times come. Friendship is a beautiful gift that we are all able to experience.

The give and take of friendship is something that adds sweetness to every season of life and every mountain or valley moment. There is not much better than having a good friend.

Most memories and experiences that we have through life, include a friend. It really is the memories and experiences that bond us together with the friends in our life. On Saturday, July 30, we can join in celebrating International Friendship Day. There are so many ways to celebrate and participate this year. Why not make another memory and another friend on this special day.

Friendship is something we all need and something we all need to give to others.

Friendship is so many things and blesses us all in so many ways. Let’s break it down.

F- FUN

Plan something fun to do with your friends this month. Think about where you have had the most laughs and memories. Take this month to get creative and make a fun memory together.

You can celebrate Friendship Day in little ways or huge ways. One idea would be to have a friendship party!

Invite your group of friends and have a potluck or cookout together as you cherish the moments and the friendships you have. Maybe you will even invite some new friends!

R- RECONNECT Think back through your life to the moments and friendships that brought you to where you are now. Even if you don’t still keep in constant contact with all of them, take the opportunity on this International Friendship Day to reach out to them and thank them for the impact they have had on your life and your heart. It will be great to see what they are up to.

Some friends accidently fall out of contact with one another through the years. Reconnect and reach out to a friend from high school or from your hometown. Some friends fall out of contact on purpose, so maybe take this month of friendship to reconnect and forgive one another!

I- INTENTIONAL Friendship is intentional. Brainstorm some friends that you can intentionally meet a need in their life or intentionally love them. This can look like keeping their kids so they can have a date night or dropping off a sweet smelling candle. You know your friends, so do something you know they would appreciate!

Another way to celebrate this day of friendship is to make a list of 10 friends that you truly value and send them cards. Homemade cards always make for a sweet surprise and you can bless the people in your life in a sweet and simple way.

E- EMPATHETIC Everyone is going through something.

Think about ways this month that you can be empathetic and reach out to a friend who has something hard in her life. Do something kind for them such as dropping off their favorite coffee or snack, or taking them to a movie.

N- NEIGHBOR Nowadays, we are all so busy that something we often overlook are the people who live right next door to us! This month is a great time to meet your neighbors if you have not been able to yet.

If you have met them, reach out and do something nice for them.

Take 30 minutes out of your busy month to walk over and drop off a baked good or just get their phone number.

D- DELICIOUS No matter who you are or who your friend is, we all love something delicious. In honor of Friendship Day, do something delicious. Try out a new restaurant, visit a local bakery, or even have a desert baking party together. Good times often come with good food, so this month, have both with a friend.

Celebrate those special people in your life for International Friendship Day. This month, be a friend, make a friend, and love a friend.

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Many Faces, One Voice

BY TABATHA RENEGAR, PHOTOS BY PHOTO ARTISTRY BY MELINDA

Amidst all the options for entertainment this summer, be sure to mark your calendar for an event unlike any other!

IMBA – the Swahili word for SING IMBA Together is a free concert featuring gospel and Christian contemporary music that will take place at the Millennium Center in Winston-Salem on Saturday, July 23rd. Artists from all over the country, and in fact the world, are invited to come and showcase their talents with the mission to use one voice to honor God and to raise awareness for those living with autism.

The heart and soul behind this unique celebration of music and diversity is Anna Simtaji. Anna, who is originally from Tanzania, brought IMBA Together to the Triad in 2015 and the event was held four times prior to the pandemic, growing in size and recognition each time.

For this year’s event, Anna is partnering with her friend in the event planning business, Kristin Johnson, because she knew Kristin shared her passion for celebrating the healing power of music and its ability to bridge the gaps between people from all walks of life. (Not to mention that Kristin’s event planning resume is longer than the Yadkin River!)

Both Anna and Kristin believe that beautiful things happen, not in the managing of hundreds of tiny details that go into orchestrating an event of this size, but in the way that doing so brings a variety of people together for a common cause.

Sometimes the most basic tasks can uncover special meaning as friendships are made and bonds are formed by people who may not have had reason to meet otherwise.

Autism awareness and support is crucial to Anna and her family. Her 21-year-old son Edward is a person living with autism. One thing that Anna can always count on is that music can soothe and calm Edward when other things fail.

“Regardless of the language you speak, the style you sing, the color of your skin, the church you attend (if you even attend church), your style, your age, your gender, we are all coming together on July 23rd to praise God and to promote autism awareness,” says Anna. Kristin says that she feels “fortunate and humbled to be involved with the event.”

IMBA Together will take place at the Millennium Center in Winston-Salem on Saturday, July 23 from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and is FREE to the public. Join us for heavy hors d’ oeuvres and drinks one hour prior to concert start. PLEASE REGISTER @ imbatogether.org . Anna and Kristin talk more about the event on the Forsyth Magazines podcast, episode 111! Tune in on Apple Podcast, Spotify or any major podcast streaming platform.

Information is also available at imbatogether.org. And on YouTube at Imba Together and Instagram @imbatogether.

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BY MARTIE EMORY

Sweet summertime is here at last! Like many of us, your calendar may already boast a beach vacation or two – I know mine does! And as you’re marking off work days and counting down, I ask you to think for a minute about how your entire body feels when you first set foot on the sand.

For sure, some of that exhilaration might be knowing you’re officially on vacation with no schedule for the next few days, but the power of the ocean can be even more revitalizing than simply some time away from the office.

Gazing far out into the ocean has always reminded me that the world is so much bigger than my own worries. Not seeing beyond the horizon always reminds me there is so much possibility, and that post-beach feeling can lead to a real time of change and renewed energy – if you let it!

Turns out we aren’t dreaming this euphoria: Feeling the rhythm of the ocean can actually reset your body, and your mind, and if you need time alone with your thoughts, your life plans, or you’re just craving some moments of silence, it can be the perfect setting. Exposure to the natural flow of water and the repetitive crashing of waves also relaxes the body to prepare for better sleep – the often elusive really sound sleep that’s so much a part of our overall wellness – and that too many of us miss out on.

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But you haven’t just fallen in love with the sandy shore or the obvious perks of spending time at the beach that include soaking in muchneeded vitamin D and enjoying hours of sunshine. Science actually supports the benefits of time spent near the water. That sea air is charged with negative ions, which aid the flow of oxygen in our brain, leading us to feel more alert and energized! Those super powerful negative ions also improve serotonin levels, returning us to a state of feeling more equipped to handle everyday stress. Ancient Greeks knew the power of the sea and used saltwater for healing purposes, another perk of spending time in the ocean.

It’s also no coincidence that the color blue – like that big beautiful ocean -- is known for its soothing powers, and often a welcome choice for bedroom walls. With the opposite effect of what its name might imply – the powerful view of that blue ocean can be both mesmerizing and calming. Walking barefoot in the sand is also known to offer its own benefits, as our feet contain so many nerves and acupuncture points. It’s also ideal for strengthening those arches and leg muscles.

A house by the water – be it ocean or lake! – is often the picture-perfect spot for retirement, and it’s no surprise studies continue to show better mental and physical health for people who choose to live seaside.

So make those beach reservations now! And once you’re immersed in that glorious state of relaxation, take Ralph Waldo Emerson’s advice.

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air!”

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On the Road Again:

the Island of

Maui

BY AMY HILL

Interested in the perfect tropical destination for a honeymoon or family vacation? Here’s how to spend seven days in the Valley Isle.

Day 1: Kaanapali or Wailea

Fly into Kahului Airport (OGG) and settle into your vacation rental on the sunny, western side of Maui. A rental car is crucial for exploring Maui, but no need to splurge on an all-wheel-drive vehicle, as most roads on the island are easily accessible. Any off-roading is typically prohibited by your rental car agreement, so read your contract carefully before taking the road less traveled. Many families choose to settle in Maui’s northwest town of Kaanapali, where resorts and restaurants are plentiful, beaches are kidfriendly, and prices are more affordable. Honeymooners looking to splurge or shopping fanatics might find that the southern town of ritzy Wailea caters more to their vacation desires. Both destinations are sunny and notorious for their beautiful Hawaiian beaches, making either location a safe bet in paradise.

Day 2: Makena Beach

Spend your first full day in Maui on one of the island’s most beautiful beaches at Makena State Park. Makena Beach, also referred to as “Big Beach” by locals, is notorious for its white sands, turquoise waters, and dangerous shore break. Swimmers and surfers need to be cautious while swimming in Makena Beach waters, as many unfortunate visitors have sustained minor to major injuries due to underestimating the strength of the waves hitting Makena Beach’s unique inclined shoreline. Located south of Wailea, this makes for a quick day trip equipped with restroom facilities and a food truck for those who forgot to pack a picnic lunch.

Day 3: Haleakala National Park

Wake up before the crack of dawn or book a group tour to catch a glimpse of the stunning sunrise atop Haleakala National Park, a dormant volcano of over 10,000 feet known for inhabiting unique wildlife and one-of-akind terrain. Hike the lengthy and challenging Sliding Sands trail to get an overview of the park (just prepare for altitude changes and no shade), or take a quick glimpse of the park’s greatest sights at the observatory or lookout points accessible by visitor parking. Parking spaces for sunrise gazers are few and far between, so arrange to visit the park well in advance.

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Day 4: Explore Lahaina

Depending on the time of year you visit, Maui can be the ideal location for whale watching, specifically near the historic town of Lahaina.

Home to excellent shopping, dining, and a bustling harbor, Lahaina sits between Kaanapali and Wailea, making it an excellent stop along the coast. If you’re in Maui during the months of January through March, consider booking a whale watching tour or cruise departing from Lahaina Harbor. Additionally, Maui’s best luau, Old Lahaina Luau, is a fantastic family activity for feasting, history, and music.

Day 5: Road to Hana

Fuel your rental car and head out at the crack of dawn to take a long drive down the famous Road to Hana. This tourist attraction becomes crowded relatively early, so prepare to encounter many other cars along the highway leading to the isolated town of Hana on the eastern side of the island. Complete with numerous waterfalls, black and red sand beaches, lava tubes [underground passageways, also known as pyroducts, created by lava flows] , and banana bread stands, the road to Hana is a day-long activity ideal for families, solo travelers, and honeymooners of all ages. If you suffer from motion sickness, don’t forget to pack Dramamine to handle the highway’s countless twists and turns.

Day 6: Rest and Relaxation

Hawaii is the perfect destination to relax and unwind, so spend your last day on the island sunbathing or swimming on one of the island’s many beaches. Other popular island activities available include paddle boarding, zip lining, and even goat yoga. In the evening, enjoy an oceanfront farewell dinner at Frida’s Beach House in Lahaina for fine Mexican fare and a margarita on the patio.

Day 7: Depart OGG

Most flights leaving Kahului Airport for mainland USA depart later in the afternoon or evening, so squeeze in more time at the beach or pool before packing up and leaving paradise for a long flight home. For a tasty snack on the plane, don’t pass up a quick visit to Honolulu Cookie Company in Lahaina for shortbread cookies that will taste like paradise before boarding the plane.

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Browned Butter S’mores Cookies

Prep time 10 minutes | Cook time 8 minutes Total time 18 minutes | Servings 14

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour • 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder • 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda • 1 cup Milk Chocolate, roughly chopped • 10 tbsp. Butter • 1/4 cup Granulated Cane Sugar

• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar • 1 large Egg, room temperature • 1/4 tsp. Salt • 1 cup Mini Marshmallows • 4 Graham Crackers, roughly chopped

INSTRUCTIONS How to Brown Butter: 1. Place a heat-proof bowl next to the stove.

2. Slice the butter into tablespoon-sized pieces. Place the pieces of butter in a pan over medium heat. Stir the butter consistently to keep it moving the entire time. Once melted, keep stirring until it begins to foam and sizzle on the edges, about 5-8 minutes from when you first started. The butter should turn a golden-brown color. Immediately remove the butter from the heat and pour into the prepared bowl to cool.

For the Cookies: 1. Add the brown butter, brown sugar, granulated cane sugar, and egg into the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk on medium speed for 2 minutes.

2. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until evenly combined. Add the flour mixture and vanilla extract into the mixing bowl. Mix until just combined.

3. Add the chopped chocolate, marshmallows, and crushed graham crackers. Mix until just combined once more.

4. Roll out the dough into a 3” log, then cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

5. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

6. Slice the cookie dough into 1” circles (about 2 tablespoons cookie dough per cookie). Place on the prepared pan.

7. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until edges are turning golden brown and centers are set. Allow to cool on the pan for at least 5 minutes. Enjoy!

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BY MARTIE EMORY Almost as alluring as the rich, decadent sensory overload of chocolate itself, the new location of local favorite Black Mountain Chocolate is irresistible on its own, as a gathering spot for folks who appreciate hospitality and, of course, fine chocolate!

FW: Why chocolate? (Brent responds as we all probably would: Why not?)

BRENT: I love it, and I love to share the fascinating experience of making it. In America, we are just on the cusp of discovering the amazing variety of flavors that can be coaxed from the tropical fruit that gives us chocolate.

Owners Brent and Millie Peters love their new location behind the historic smokestacks in Innovation Quarter. An inviting locale in Bailey South, the FW: Where did Black Mountain Chocolate come into the mix? new spot features expanded gathering and seating space, and immensely popular nighttime hours! The couple’s enthusiasm for their “second act” MILLIE: Brent purchased BMC (then in Black Mountain, NC) in 2013, and spent a business venture is contagious, and as Brent worked at a chocolate shop year of long weekends there, following long corporate work weeks. Fortunately, while in college, it’s only fitting his love for the world’s favorite indulgence he was able to learn the business alongside his daughter Megan, who had recently graduated from culinary school. In 2014, they moved the factory to the will also be his retirement plan.

Big Winston Warehouse at the top of Trade Street. After we married, two of my sons worked there as well, learning the art of making chocolate.

Very much a family affair, Brent and Millie took turns offering Forsyth Woman a glimpse into their very sweet life!

FW: There was some magic to this story, correct?

FW: How did this whole thing get started?

BRENT: Chocolate does make magic! I had been single about a year at the time, and not yet open to new relationships, but I staffed a tasting booth for BRENT: When people ask me how I got into chocolate, I tell them – only half kidding – that Black Mountain Chocolate is my little red sports car. The Black Mountain Chocolate during an Arts on Sunday event along Trade Street. inevitable mid-life crisis arrived after many years as a corporate lawyer, and One set of tasters was a lovely lady and her daughter. We had a nice chat about with the guidance of good friends, I realized that I needed the satisfaction chocolate, but I still couldn’t see what was in plain sight! About a week later I joined Match.com and carefully studied the profiles, finally reaching out to a of crafting a physical product – using my hands to make something particularly intriguing lady. delicious that people could share.

Black Mountain Chocolate During our first phone conversation she asked, “Were you working at a chocolate tasting booth on Trade Street last week?” Indeed! That lady is now my wife and co-chocolatier.

Chocolate ushered love into my life before I even knew what was happening. (Millie adds, “Ladies, imagine meeting a wonderful man on Match.com who owns a chocolate factory?”)

FW: What prompted the move to Innovation Quarter?

MILLIE: Business on Trade Street was fun, but space was limited and foot traffic was slow. In 2016, Megan earned a job as a pastry chef in New York City, and Brent began to re-evaluate the future of BMC. As his devoted wife and life-long chocolate lover, I encouraged him to go big or go home! To make his dream a shining success, we needed easier access and more space for our customers to enjoy chocolate – and both have come with the new Black Mountain Chocolate Bar.

FW: What’s that hidden spirit that continues to drive the success of Black Mountain Chocolate Bar? BRENT: Owning a chocolate bar has been an amazing journey. It’s about more than chocolate, it’s about the experience each guest has every visit – engaging the senses and learning fascinating new facts about a familiar food, spending time with friends, and having fun. Black Mountain Chocolate Bar is actually a “hospitality bar” with the delicious added bonuses of chocolates, desserts, coffee, and now spirits!

Really a feast for all the senses, the Black Mountain Chocolate Bar menu features chocolate in endless varieties, along with bakery delicacies such as Salted Caramel Tart and S’mores Tart, cookies, and brownies! BMC now also makes its own ice cream right on site. Along with coffees and teas – hot or cold – the bar menu features a rotating selection of craft cocktails.

As always, their commitment to fair trade and organically sourced chocolate will continue, and Brent and Millie can’t wait for you to join them on their amazing journey of discovering chocolate, while creating a warm, engaging community!

Stop by soon with friends or schedule a meeting in this supremely comfortable setting! Black Mountain Chocolate Bar is located at 450 N. Patterson Avenue, Suite 110, Winston-Salem. Call them at 336-293-4698, or visit blackmountainchocolate.com, where you can order online for pick-up and delivery. Hours are Tuesday and Wednesday noon – 6 p.m., Thursday noon – 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 11 p.m., Sunday noon – 6 p.m., closed on Monday. Bar hours are 2 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday, 2 p.m. - 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon – 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Learning to Be a Military Mom: Part 2 BY TABATHA RENEGAR

“Each of the patriots who we remember on this day was first a beloved son or daughter, brother or sister, spouse, friend and neighbor.”

(George W. Bush) President Bush made that remark at a Memorial Day tribute so it seems fitting that I am finishing this article about being a military parent on Memorial Day weekend. I hope that you read Part One in the June issue in which I shared how I reached out to a community of Navy moms and asked 100s of them “What are some things YOU think people without any ties to the military could learn from us? What do YOU want readers to know?” The responses were numerous and sincere.

Susan, from the Facebook group Navy Mom Strong, said “I want the world to know that behind every military person is a family who is missing them and also making sacrifices. Holidays, birthdays, weddings, family vacations, funerals, sporting events, and family get-togethers… everything they take for granted, we have someone missing. All our family pictures show that huge hole where someone is supposed to be. When they make that precious commitment to serve and protect it involves more than just them. It involves everyone that loves and misses them.”

Susan’s comment is a great segue to another popular theme among military parents: pride. Even as we acknowledge the heartaches and challenges of having a child in the service, often very far away with very little contact, not one single mom said they wished their son or daughter hadn’t joined!

I found that we all respect that this is the choice our child made – whether after college or right out of high school – it was their choice to make and it’s a hard one to make knowing the sacrifice that comes with it.

Jackie shared that she would like people to know that “Freedom comes at a cost, yes it’s voluntary and we are proud but for others to know their freedom is paid for by those who have served and continue to serve. Not asking for pity but realization that freedom has a cost involved and the sacrifice for those who are serving and their families is real. And secondly that my child isn’t serving because he couldn’t find another career but he’s serving because he chose to serve his country and that less than 1% of the population serve.”

That’s right, there are currently only about 1.3 million active-duty personnel, or less than one-half of 1 percent of the U.S. population.

I can tell you that Sarah took the following words right out of my mouth! “I don’t know about the rest of you… but I never cried listening to the national anthem until I became a Navy mom… the pride, fear and patriotism is incredible.”

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Sailors Aboard the USS Ronald Reagan Aircraft Carrier, South China Sea And yet another mom named Susan sent me to the tissue box when she shared something I, too, have felt so keenly.

“I want people to understand that while I am super proud of his decision to join the military, I grieve at the same time.

I watched my boy walk out the door and never saw him again. He became a man and an adult while away from me.

In other circumstances, your relationship with your adult children develops day to day. This is nothing like that. It is hard on a mama. I miss my boy and I hardly know this man.

We are working on it though. Giving one another grace.

My husband and I high five each other all the time for what a great job we did. He is a wonderful man. But he just appeared there one day where my boy was before.”

This is truly just a small sample of the feelings, comments and suggestions that were shared with me by women that I have never met and yet I feel a connection with. I could probably write another page or two about deployment worries, no news is good news, hurry up and wait, and the kind of support your military parent friends and family would be grateful for! Instead I’ll finish up with a comment that Navy mom Cindy made that really did make me laugh out loud. “We are a mixed bag of emotions. Also any negative talk about our military might get you a pop in the nose, sorry not sorry… Well, maybe don’t use that!”

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Long Overdue Projects Summer months are spent with children home from school, vacationing, and catching up on those long overdue projects. We normally remind our clients that if you are thinking of remodeling a bathroom or a kitchen, you should start early to be able to finish the project by the holidays, and nowadays, supply and demand dictate the schedule.

Yes, it does take that long!

Before you begin a remodeling project, you must gather all the requirements and then move on to planning and CAD drawings. After that, you have to look at many selections for cabinet styles and finishes, granite countertops, tile for flooring and enclosures, cabinet pulls, plumbing fixtures, paint colors, and especially lighting. It is overwhelming for most, but for us it comes naturally.

Many people don’t know that we offer remodeling services from start to finish. We begin with CAD drawings to propose a practical design. We ask many questions to gather your input and requirements. We want to know what you see in your mind, your vision, and how you want to change what you currently have to create your future ideal. You may not imagine a tub in your master bath because you desire a walk-in shower with updated chrome fixtures or nowadays soft gold (not shiny brass).

A tile backsplash is an important decision and design element in the kitchen, and much thought should be put into the new appliances.

With our CAD drawings, we can rearrange a room to make it more efficient and visually flowing in addition to providing details such as a lighting plan. When you work with our design firm, you have three heads reviewing your project instead of just one. You will have the best possible design and we do all the work. We act as the project manager and have our own group of highly skilled and bonded contractors who work with us including plumbers, electricians, craftsmen, and installers; we value their quality of work and professionalism.

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BY AMY HILL Planning a wedding for 2023 and searching for a fabulous photographer to capture your big day? Is your family growing by the year and you don’t want to miss a single moment of your children and grandchildren’s lives? As a mother of two small children herself, Megan Smith understands the importance of making precious milestones and memories live on. Now accepting wedding bookings for 2023 and family photo sessions year-round, Megan Smith Photography creates beautiful wedding and family photos, and more importantly, stress-free sessions for her clients.

Megan’s transition from stay-at-home mom to full-time photographer started after she attended a Halloween party in 2021 with her friend, who was thinking about taking up photography at the time. Inspired by her friend’s ambitions, Megan left the party and immediately told her husband that photography had piqued her interest. In search of a new passion to add to her full life of marriage and motherhood, Megan decided to devote all of her extra energy into perfecting her newfound craft.

Amongst her friends and family, Megan was always known as the girl who “took too many pictures.” Had it not been for Megan’s affinity for taking photos in the past, many important family moments would have never been captured. In fact, she was one of the only ones in her family who had taken recent photos of her late grandfather and aunt. With her Canon Rebel camera, Megan was adamant about capturing the moment - a concept she has always believed in and which has now proven beneficial.

To jumpstart her training and gain more knowledge of photography before diving in head-first, Megan scheduled a photography mentoring session with her close friend and local photographer Jordan Vines. Her career began with Christmas sessions that later developed into wedding photography - a path that she never intended to walk down. After an opportunity fell into her lap to photograph a wedding, she quickly learned the tricks of the trade and now specializes in photographing all things family-related. Although Megan is currently in the process of undergoing extra training and practice when it comes to capturing newborn moments, which can be a bit tricky, she considers family photoshoots to be her forte.

When booking a photo session with Megan, you can expect her to schedule a vision call with you to further understand your ideas, desires, and goals for the shoot. This is an opportunity to brainstorm locations and acquire more inspiration ahead of time. If you’re not sure about the perfect location for your photography session, Megan has scouted various locations with excellent scenery including mountains, meadows, and flowers in order to take as much pressure off of her clients as possible. According to Megan, “When clients don’t feel pressured to scout their own locations, it makes the process more enjoyable. I want to take that burden away from them.”

In addition to her initial mentoring session with Jordan, which planted a seed of knowledge in her photography career, Megan was also ecstatic to be able to attend a five-day photography and marketing workshop in Kona, Hawaii, in January. While her initial training focused more on the technique of capturing amazing photos, this workshop gave her the inside scoop on all things businessrelated. Without this training, she would have not known where to start when it came to finances, branding, and creating her new website (www.megansmithphoto.com).

Megan is grateful that her new passion and career path has given her something to pour herself into, outside of being a wife and mom. Since she has been used to working since the age of 15, not working felt foreign to her, even if she rarely had time to herself. In the midst of having somewhat of an identity crisis, she believes photography is what God put her on the earth to do - it only took her 31 years to discover it.

Interested in booking a wedding, engagement, or family photoshoot with Megan Smith Photography? View Megan’s portfolio, learn more about Megan’s background, and submit an inquiry at megansmith-photography.com. Check out her work on Facebook and follow her Instagram page at @megansmith.photo to learn more.

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REVOLUTIONARY PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY TREATMENT…

BY DEBBIE LINVILLE, PHOTOS BY MEGAN BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY

For the past 15 years, husband and wife team, Drs. Jessica and Joshua Katz, have worked side by side at Aligned Health & Wellness to practice patient care across a plethora of conditions with the sole purpose of creating well-educated, healthy members of their community. One such pursuit, treating the cause of peripheral neuropathy, has yielded new procedures, techniques, and protocols that have proven effective in rebuilding and reprogramming the nerves so that people can live more healthful, productive, and active lives.

Purpose Statement: “To empower our community to optimize quality of life and embrace life as a gift.” – Jessica Katz, D.C.

WHAT IS PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY? In a nutshell…it is a breakdown of the peripheral nerves – the nerves that go into arms, hands, legs, and feet. Peripheral nerves are covered with a myelin sheath (akin to the insulation on an electrical cord) that must function properly to accurately send and receive messages to the brain. For the nerves to function properly, they must have healthy myelin, nurtured properly by tiny blood vessels (capillaries). When there is poor blood flow, the peripheral nerves lack the oxygen and nutrients needed to keep the myelin sheath healthy and, in time, it will begin to degrade, losing the ability for nerves to communicate properly with the brain. For most patients, neuropathy typically starts in one foot and then works its way to the other foot or up the legs. It starts slowly for the first 1-5 years, but then as the condition progresses, it dramatically worsens and the speed at which the degradation progresses rapidly increases so that, at some point in time, it becomes untreatable which can lead to severe disability and often, amputation. The key is to stop the nerve damage before the effects are irreversible.

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WHAT CAUSES PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY? About 8% of the U.S. population (24 million people) suffer from peripheral neuropathy.

One of the most common causes is diabetes which accounts for 1/3 of the cases, but it can also result from traumatic injuries, infections, alcoholism, poor diet, reaction to certain drugs like chemotherapy, inherited causes, exposure to toxins, or an autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis or lupus. Interestingly, one-third of the cases have an unknown origin (idiopathic peripheral neuropathy).

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WHAT ARE COMMON SYMPTOMS OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY?

HOW IS PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY TREATED?

• Numbness and tingling • Pain and burning • Diabetic nerve pain • Sensitivity to touch • Difficulty sleeping • Sharp electric-like pain • Lack of coordination

Peripheral neuropathy can be difficult to remedy because most treatments are focused only on symptom management. The current traditional neuropathy treatment for(336) 3 90% of sufferers relies upon medications, injections, or a combination of both in the hopes of decreasing the symptoms. While

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Individuals subscribing to the traditional pain management regimen for months (or perhaps years) may wonder if changing to Aligned Health & Wellness can really make a difference. The answer is YES!

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Drs. Jessica and Joshua Katz believe the best treatment is designed to address the core damage that causes the symptoms, rather than merely treating the symptoms. Their team is committed to breaking the cycle of how neuropathy is most often treated - moving from “masking the symptoms” to “treating the underlying cause.” At Aligned Health & Wellness, patients initially undergo a physical exam and a comprehensive assessment 310-8020

including thermography to determine the root cause of the nerve breakdown.

After careful analysis, patients are presented with an individualized care plan that is innovative, physiciansupervised, and primarily home-based.

This revolutionary, scientifically backed practice rebuilds and reprograms the nerves using FDA-approved nerve re-education devices and education and implementation of nutrition and supplementation protocols. Time and time again, this integrated, non-invasive approach has shown outstanding results for sufferers of peripheral neuropathy.

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From the Ground Up!

BY JON MARZANO, AIF®, FOUNDING PARTNER, MANAGING PRINCIPAL

In order for a community to grow and for its residents to gain a standard of living that would promote bigger families and more worker bees (young adults paying into Social Security) in the future, there is a basic set of financial awareness and understanding that I believe everyone should learn at an early age. So early, in fact, that if they want to cut something from high school budgets, you could cut out basic finance classes and leave free and reduced lunches alone. This basic understanding revolves around three fairly simple topics, all of which are important. You need to understand them all by the time you graduate middle school or the chance of your grasping it by the end of high school is little to none. There is too much peer pressure and too many hormones going on mid-to-late teen years; you just need to know it before then. Period.

1) Own versus Loan: As an example, I have money in the

bank – I own that money until I spend it. It can sit there and earn interest for me if I let it, but that would mean leaving it alone.

When I run out of money and use my credit card, now I am using someone else’s money and it’s being loaned to me, with interest that I am paying. Own money in the bank, loan money on the credit card. Simple things, yet hard for young brains to absorb.

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2) Compound Interest: Albert Einstein said it best – “Man’s

Greatest Invention” he called it. He was not lying, it really works.

Those that understand compound interest earn it. Those who do not, pay it. You cannot short change time in the compounding process, it takes years. As a matter of fact, 20 or more years is needed to really see it work. Compound interest is a simple concept. Your money earns a return being invested, that return is added to the original investment. Next year, you get a return on the “whole enchilada” and not just your initial investment. After years of that, it makes life a lot simpler from a financial perspective.

3) Needs versus Wants: This is going to require the majority of parents to rewire their family’s financial thoughts to more of a state of what things were like in the United States 25 and 30 years ago. These past two decades, it has been proven that parents spend more of their salaries and income on the “wants of the family” than ever before. It could be that it was due, in part, to lower inflationary times and more discretionary money available to the average family. That, my friends, does not last forever and we have just seen the start of a new era in inflation. It’s a tough lesson when all we want for our kids is to live a better and easier life than what we had. However, helping our young ones truly understand needs versus wants will set them up for making better decisions – decisions that will have to be made when you are not there to guide them.

Start with these three topics early with your family and loved ones, and it will help create a stronger community for our descendants, and the generations to come.

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DO YOU SPEND A LOT OF YOUR TIME FEELING GUILTY? I sure do - and most of the time it doesn’t even make sense. Here are some of the areas where I feel guilty on a regular basis: I didn’t do enough for my mom while she was alive. I should have raised my kids better. I bought too many clothes or shoes. I ate or drank something fattening. I should be working more. I should be working less. I should pray more. The list could go on and on.

What exactly is guilt? Here is my “laywoman’s” definition. It is a nagging, convicting feeling that results from a failure to do (or not do) what you ought to have done, or what you THINK you should have done. I remember feeling a lot of guilt when my kids were growing up because I was working and wasn’t spending as much time with them as I thought I should. Sound familiar to anyone?

This type of guilt is pointless. It zaps your energy and poisons your mind when there is probably little you can do about it. In my case, I was a single mom and needed to work to help provide for my family. The crazy thing was that, on the flip side, I felt guilty because I didn’t think I was working enough!

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF GUILT? 1. LGGD (low-grade guilt disorder) – In my book, Confessions of a Hot Mess: From Mess to MESSage, I coined the term LGGD. This isn’t a medical term so don’t try to discuss it with your therapist.

I defined it as a pervasive sense of guilt because we feel bad about all the things we are doing – or aren’t doing – or aren’t doing as well as we think we should. Oftentimes, LGGD results from us thinking that we aren’t meeting the expectations of some external source (e.g., other people, society).

The bottom line is that this type of guilt isn’t productive and is even harmful. It negatively impacts us and holds us back from the lives that God wants for us.

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2. Guilt based on sin – Another type of guilt occurs when we sin and that’s a different matter. However, all is not lost! If we sin, we should ask for forgiveness and repent. As a result, our sins will be forgiven because of the redemption that we have through Jesus Christ on the cross. Romans 8:1 says, “There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

Guess who uses guilt to keep us from God? Could it be Satan!?!

He will try to pull us back by saying, “Where do you think you’re going? Remember what you did?” Then those feelings of guilt come flooding back! When this happens, say “Not today, Satan!” and continue about your business.

I’M SICK AND TIRED OF FEELING GUILTY! HOW CAN I MAKE IT STOP? As is often the case, I believe that it frequently starts with awareness. When you notice guilt rearing its ugly head, here are some actions you can take.

• If it’s LGGD, recognize it and tell Satan that you aren’t going to waste your time on his nonsense!

• If it is guilt based on sin, ask for forgiveness right then and there. Thank God for His grace and move on!

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. – Ephesians 2:4-8

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How to Work an

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BY JEAN MARIE JOHNSON

It may be the thrill of the hunt that fires you up or the idea of scoring a bargain. Or it could be the opportunity to engage in a little harmless voyeurism. Whatever gets you to follow those “Estate Sale 9 – 4 Rain or Shine” signs, know that I am right there with ya, sistah! I have been chasing that come-hither invitation for four decades, thanks to a small, gilded vintage clock that whispered, “Come get me. I’m yours.”

My innumerable treasures – from trinkets to trunks – have filled every place I have called home. Each has a history and a story, making them much more than mere objects of necessity or delight. Here’s what I’ve learned over the years about how best to “work an estate sale.”

DO YOUR HOMEWORK Google to identify upcoming local sales, then check the website to “preview” the contents. This gives you a very good idea of what to expect.

CONTACT THE ORGANIZER ABOUT SPECIFIC ITEMS I emailed an organizer to inquire about some vintage Asian jackets and discovered that there would be even more available than were pictured on the site. I also learned other specifics, which helped me to pre-gauge my interest level.

GET THERE EARLY Often, there will be a long line and the organizer may give out numbers in advance. The lower your number, the better chance you have of snagging the good stuff. Tap into your patience as needed.

PARTNER UP When possible, bring along a friend. This way, you can each look out for the other’s items of interest. I recently needed a specific Pyrex bowl and my friend, the kitchen maven, scouted it out for me.

GET SOME DIRT ON YOUR BOOTS And yes, be ready to get a little dirty with all of that scouting, so wear your comfy clothes and shoes and remember that you are not at Tiffany’s.

HEAD FOR THE CATEGORY OF MOST INTEREST If you looked online, you have a good sense of the categories that will be included in the sale. If it’s Asian jackets you’re after, I’d head for the closets. Pyrex? Probably in the kitchen, the basement, or the garage.

You get the idea.

LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED My friend found that coveted Pyrex dish buried with all manner of things in the garage, near the other odds and ends. I once scored a concrete birdbath by walking the property and asking the organizer if it was for sale. Be adventurous but respect areas marked as off-limits.

BE A GOOD PERSON Please do not become witchy, no matter what happens or how much you may want something. Mind your manners, treat everyone with respect, and do your part to make things go smoothly.

CASH AND CREDIT Again, go online and do your homework. Personal checks are rarely accepted, so bring a wad of cash and a piece of plastic.

ASK FOR A DISCOUNT, BUT BE REASONABLE Respect the fact that someone went to a lot of time and effort to organize this undertaking. It’s not a charity or a yard sale, and most of the time, the folks who work the sale are employees who need to be paid.

REMEMBER THAT IT’S “LET THE BUYER BEWARE” There is rarely, if ever, a return option on estate sale items. Once you lay down your cash, it’s yours.

RETURN ON THE LAST DAY Most estate sales reduce prices by 50% or more on the last day.

Yes, it will be picked over, but that Pyrex dish is all the more “precious” because I got it for a steal!

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BY AMY HILL

To the hot, older guy in my graduate psychology class:

I’m flattered that you even gave me the time of day and asked me to dinner after I checked your Facebook account incessantly waiting on you and your long-term girlfriend to break up. Looking back, the issue was definitely not you (congrats on your wife and baby, by the way). I’d like to apologize for opening our date by informing you that I Googled your criminal history and noticed that you’d been incarcerated for a few months in your early 20s for theft. You handled that quite graciously, in addition to not being offended when I asked our waitress for the cheapest glass of wine available. Even though you got back together with your girlfriend shortly after our date, I hope she never told you that I accidentally snooped her LinkedIn profile without realizing that LinkedIn notifies users of who views their profiles. I’m also mortified that I gushed about our date and all of the details with our professor. I don’t blame you for not asking me out again. I’m happy to see that you’re now a successful psychologist, father, and husband - but if any of those things end up not working out, I’m still on Facebook.

To the guy who invited me to his brother’s basement on our first date:

I was really upset when you let me know that you weren’t interested in a relationship with me.

In retrospect, I think I know where I went wrong. As a matter of fact, I knew our budding relationship was doomed the second you opened your brother’s front door and commented on the amount of cat hair on my black jeans (I swear I didn’t notice it before I left my apartment). I no longer leave my home without first using a lint roller. I also understand if the faux taxidermy creatures hanging on the walls of my apartment freaked you out.

I took them down shortly after you dumped me and hid them in my closet because I realized they probably weren’t doing me any favors in the love department. I’m glad you have a girlfriend now who probably can’t beat you at table tennis like I could. I wish you the best.

To the man from Israel I met at a restaurant in Italy:

I know we only spoke for a few hours, but I am sure you immediately regretted your decision to approach me after you told me you were from Israel and I asked you about the fighting in the Gaza Strip. In hindsight, that was a bit insensitive, but I like to blame it on the fact that I was two Aperol Spritzes deep by that point and I was feeling bold. Maybe it was the fact that you spoke about three different languages while I spoke to our Italian waitress in English, or maybe it was me asking you if you had ever seen an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. To be honest, I don’t know why you sat at my table for so long, especially after my nose started running and you pretended not to notice. I hope you enjoyed the rest of your trip and that you haven’t lost hope in all Americans due to my ignorance.

To the tall, dark, and handsome guy with a luxury vehicle:

I normally take rejection to heart, but it’s hard to take your repulsion of me personally when you never asked me any questions about myself.

Maybe it would have worked between us if I had accepted your massive romantic gesture of inviting me over to your house at the last minute at 10:00 p.m. on a Saturday night for our first date. I shouldn’t have expressed concern when you suddenly decided to speed with me in the passenger’s seat. I’ll never forget how sweet it was when I arrived for our date and you stood in the parking lot and drooled over your Mercedes instead of telling me I looked nice. I’m sure you’ll eventually find someone who loves you for your designer shoes and doesn’t mind worshiping the ground you walk on for the rest of her life like you truly desire. Take care.

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FOR FANS OF FOOD! ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY LAUREN SEPHTON

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ROAR PREMIER DINING & ENTERTAINMENT REDEFINED 6 3 3 N L I B E R T Y S T R E E T, W I N S T O N - S A L E M • R O A R W S . C O M

Located in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem on North Liberty Street, Roar is bringing back the joy of the roaring ‘20s with both casual cuisine and fine dining, as well as an abundance of familyfriendly games and entertainment across four floor levels. Located in the former Twin City Motor Building (across from Camel City BBQ Factory), Roar is a food hall and entertainment destination.

It houses multiple restaurants featuring a variety of cuisine, including American street food, a tavern, seafood, Asian food, Mexican fare and Italian dishes, all available in a communal, food hall dining experience.

Roar also offers a 90 tap, three story, self-serve beer and wine wall, four full-service bars, and a rooftop club complete with VIP cabanas and city views to create a memory that’ll last a lifetime.

Not to mention bowling and golf simulators, plus live music every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

This will easily become one of your new favorite hangout spaces for both weekdays and weekends!

Ford’s Food Hall opens at 12pm Monday through Friday, and 11am Friday through Sunday. There are seven restaurants currently open in the Food Hall, including Joey Correll’s American Street Food, Blue Crab Seafood Bar, Centenario, Zero Sei Piadina, Est! Est!! Est!!!, Dragon Fruit Asian Fare and JL Caspers Tavern. And while there are still new restaurants opening each month in the Food Hall, we had the opportunity to delight in a little taste of a few that were already fully open.

First up was Joey Correll’s American Street Food that serves a wide variety of Premium Burgers, Sandwiches, Hot Dogs, and good ol’ American

Classic Street Foods. We chose one of their most popular menu items, The Spicy Pig Burger that was a premium patty with apple-wood smoked bacon, jalapeno bacon, bacon aioli, grilled jalapenos, lettuce, and pepper jack cheese. It was served alongside their Hand-Cut Fries Palo Alto Style - aka crispy garlic fries that taste out of this world delicious - and a creamy house-made dipping sauce.

Next up was the Blue Crab Seafood Bar that features everything from lobster rolls to fry baskets to grilled salmon. We ended up choosing from their Raw Bar the NC Local Oysters that are typically served with a Wasabi Cocktail Sauce and Mignonette Sauce. The oysters were not overly fishy, but rather had a subtle taste like the ocean, with mineral notes for a light lunch or afternoon pick-me-up to share with friends!

Centenario was next on our agenda - a place known for their collection of Mexican cuisine. We decided to give the social media viral Birria Tacos a try, and to say we were impressed would be an understatement. The slow-cooked shredded short rib tacos have this addictive sweet, slightly spicy, sour, and savory flavor that is absorbed in the fall-apart juicy meat. The corn tortillas are slightly caramelized in the asadero cheese prior to adding the meat and served with a dipping broth for a jawdropping meal!

Zero Sei Piadina was next up, and they serve rather impressive portion sizes to leave you more than satisfied! Now, you may be wondering, what is a Piadina? A Piadina is a thin Italian flatbread that originated in the historical Romagna region of Italy.

We tried one of their most popular: The Legend.

The Italian flatbread was layered with Prosciutto di Parma DOP, fresh arugula, sliced tomatoes, grilled eggplant, and stracchino for a creamy cow’s milk cheese that melted all the flavors together. It’s safe to say that it was a fan favorite!

Keeping the Italian theme, we took the 30-second walk down the hallway to Est! Est!! Est!!! - an authentic fine-dining Italian restaurant and cafe at Roar. We started with their Tagliere as our antipasto, a charcuterie-like board beautifully decorated with a variety of cured meats, cheeses, grilled vegetables with phenomenal flavor and texture, and their homemade bread. Next on the menu was their Grilled Caesar Salad that was once again beautifully plated grilled romaine, housemade croutons, and grana shaves for a classic reimagined. And lastly, we had a sneaky bite of their Orecchiette Alla Pugliese - orecchiette pasta cooked to perfection with broccolini, sausages, garlic, Pecorino Romano, and a white wine sauce - to finish off this delicious afternoon.

The Italian fine-dining restaurant is open for lunch Friday-Sunday and dinner Monday-Saturday.

And while we didn’t have the time to taste from JL Caspers Tavern located on the second floor of Roar, it’s sure to be one you won’t want to miss out on!

Thank you to the friendly staff and owners at Roar for an incredible afternoon! And if you’re seeking food, fun and festivities all in one place, here is your sign to head on over to Roar and tell them that the Forsyth Mags Foodie said Hi!

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This next look says “Someone take me to a resort!” You know - all the vacay vibes. The pants are lightweight, high-waisted, and have a sassy slit on the side (comes up to about your knee, depending on your height). I styled them with this white linen tank, but they also have a matching tank to make this a set. I chose the white top to change it up and added these white strappy-heeled sandals. These are THE shoe of the summer. They wrap and tie just above your ankle and can be worn with so many different looks including a look like this along with a dress, skirt, or even jeans and a simple tank.

If you care for more of a flat, you can certainly pair of white or nude sandals with this look!

BY ERIKA TAYLOR, FOUNDER OF TAYLOR YOUR CLOSET & TAYLORINGSTYLE BLOG | @TAYLORINGSTYLE

This month I’m taking y’all inside Evelyn Rose Boutique in Winston-Salem. This local gem of a boutique is one that offers contemporary, feminine, classic, and affordable clothes that make women feel beautiful and confident. They have looks that will keep you confident and styled all summer long!

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First up is this floral dress. I cannot say enough great things about this dress.

It is beautiful, so soft, and my favorite - versatile! I styled it with a gorgeous pair of neutral wedges (also from Evelyn Rose Boutique), however, it could also be styled with sneakers for a more casual look, as well as boots with a denim jacket in the fall. The smocked top and sleeve detail level up this dress the perfect amount.

Now you have one top that can be worn even more ways. If you’re feeling a little more sassy, you can turn this top around so that the zipper is in the front and pair it with denim or leather shorts and/or a lighter wash of mom jeans. Such a fun look for a date night or girls night out!

This is the same top from the previous look, but in a creamsicle-tangerine type color.

This particular top came home with me and I style it with denim shorts like you see above, as well as white or eggshell colored pants and tan sandals. The thin straps and square neckline make this top a flattering one for all.

In addition to the shoes, this purse really ties the whole look together. You will find bags similar to this one throughout the summer and into the fall.

This is the look that keeps on giving, y’all.

Not only can you wear this top like you see above, but you can also change it up and turn it around. Yes, you read that correctly, as you see below, you can also make this resort-like top a little edgy by wearing it backwards on purpose.

This next look is the one for a brunch or daytime date. The tank top is soft, flattering, under $30, AND it comes in multiple colors (seriously, I want every color). I paired it with this skort, yes this is a skirt with shorts built in underneath. This skort also comes in multiple colors.

Both pieces pair perfectly with sneakers, sandals, or wedges. If you’re like me and you know that there’s even a slight chance you could get chilly, you bring a light jacket just in case.

That light jacket’s name is Denim and she looks great with this type of look as well!

Next up we have a casual, everyday type look for summer.

Evelyn Rose Boutique is the perfect place to pick up a new outfit for yourself or to grab a cute accessory to give as a gift. Be sure to check them out when you’re in Winston-Salem!

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Happy shopping!

Erika Taylor is the creator of Tayloringstyle Blog and founder of Taylor Your Closet, her personal styling business. Her love for style, writing, and helping others came together to produce a business that makes day-to-day styling attainable for women from all walks of life. She tailors each of her client’s wardrobes so that they can save time putting outfits together, feel confident in what they wear, and conquer whatever the day brings.

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BY JEAN MARIE JOHNSON

Who doesn’t wish that they could rewind time to make a different choice or take a different action? I wish I had made a priority of learning more about the progression of Alzheimer’s and how that cruel disease would affect my mom. With greater understanding, I would have known how to be more supportive - especially when she was still aware of what was happening to her and fearful of the bleak journey ahead.

While I can’t go back in time, I can do things differently going forward so that I can be there for the people I love who struggle with chronic illnesses.

Nearly half of the US population - 133 million people - live with one or more chronic illnesses. Eighty percent of adults 65 and older have at least one condition, while 68% have two or more. And the numbers are growing. Here’s how we can feel more capable and confident in how we show our support for those with chronic illness.

DO SOME RESEARCH Amongst older adults – those over age 65 – the most common chronic conditions are: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, depression, Alzheimer’s and dementia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Consider which conditions the people you care about suffer from and do a little basic research.

Start with a simple Google search such

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as “living with arthritis” to gain a basic understanding of what it’s like to have a particular chronic condition. From there, it’s easy to find a wealth of information on lifestyle recommendations and resources. In this case, a little information can go a long way in helping you to be supportive in ways that are helpful.

CONSIDER WHAT YOU SAY Despite your best intentions, your words may do more harm than good. Put yourself in the shoes of the person with a chronic illness and imagine how you’d feel if someone said to you: • If you’d only eat better and lose some weight, you’d feel better • Oh, but you look just fine • You need to think more positively • Well, it could be worse, right?

• You’re young; you can handle it • We all have our aches and pains Statements like these tend to have one overwhelming effect: they cause the person hearing them to shut down because they feel misunderstood or invalidated.

That’s because they run the gamut from sounding judgmental, preachy, dismissive, naïve, or simply uncaring. So much for being supportive. I know, people spout these words all of the time; that doesn’t change the fact that they are mindless and useless if the intention behind them is to be caring and supportive.

EXPRESS COMPASSION, EMPATHY, AND SUPPORT Everyone needs to feel understood and validated. You don’t have to have first-hand experience of a person’s chronic condition to be supportive. First, remember that you know what it’s like to suffer, to experience pain, to feel defeated at times. We all do, so tap into that universal, human experience.

Second, you know how to listen. So really listen. Then reflect what you hear.

You might say: • I know this is really hard for you • The pain can be overwhelming at times • You never expected to find yourself in this place • Having a chronic condition like this isn’t easy • I know you are taking it one day at a time Then, be sure they know you are in their corner: • I want to be here for you through this • Please tell me how I can help • Tell me what you need

OFFER CONCRETE HELP Throw out some ideas and take it from there. Offer to run to the post office or the supermarket or accompany them on their errands. As your own time and health allow, pick up that rake or that broom and get cranking!

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Shop Quality Consignment Finds at Treasures Décor’s New Location

BY AMY HILL New inventory in the housing market might be few and far between, but new inventory at Treasures Décor is countless. Perfect for new homeowners looking to fill a new space with something old, or consignment connoisseurs in search of unique finds for their homes or offices, customers can rest assured that Treasures Décor has something in store for everyone.

Shop owner Tony Hinkle has been running the show since October 2016, when he returned to the Winston-Salem area after spending nine years in Kentucky.

A former Treasures Décor customer himself, Tony was elated to have the opportunity to have a say in what furniture and décor fills the store floor.

In March, Tony and his team moved Treasures Décor into a brand new location complete with 3,500 additional square feet and a striking storefront visible to customers at 2671 Lewisville-Clemmons Road. With added floor space, customers can spend hours browsing the new location’s designer furniture pieces and taking advantage of some of the best consignment deals in the Triad.

Interior decorators and realtors can easily point clients in the direction of Treasures Décor, as the store offers a constant influx of one-of-a-kind furniture and accent pieces. An on-site decorator on the Treasures team provides guidance to customers in need of guidance on color schemes, decorative themes, and finding items that match. With highend consignment furniture, customers receive quality pieces that appear brand new for a fraction of the price.

Treasures Décor even offers delivery to customers through a third-party delivery service for a small fee.

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Part of what makes Tony’s job at Treasures so fulfilling is the tight-knit community of Clemmons, along with his loyal customer base. In fact, he sometimes sees customers return two to three times each week due to the ever-changing inventory in-store, as well as seeing customers who refuse to decorate their homes with anything other than items from Treasures Decor. As the store has expanded, so has its reputation, which has helped bring in new shoppers from Charlotte, Hickory, and other cities throughout the state. Much of the returning customer base can be attributed to the knowledgeable Treasures team, who are always enthusiastic and willing to help anyone who needs assistance, or even a simple, friendly conversation while browsing the shelves.

Not only is shopping at Treasures Décor aesthetically and financially beneficial to customers, but it’s also an environmentally friendly way to fill up your new living space. Rather than tossing old furniture that could easily be salvaged into landfills, individuals are able to pass their pieces on to be refurbished and reused by new owners. Tony and his team pride themselves in being selective when it comes to which consignment pieces enter the store, and customers relish in knowing that their purchases from the shop are of impeccable quality. As the saying goes after all, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure – especially at Treasures Décor.

Interested in adding your used furniture to the Treasures Décor floor? If you have pieces that are clean and in great condition, send photos to treasuresdecor@yahoo.com or call the team at 336-306-9341 to learn more about the consignment process. Within a radius of 25 miles, Treasures Décor also offers free pick-up for three or larger items. Visit www.treasuresdecor.net to learn more about Treasures Décor’s requirements for accepting consignment pieces, along with information on the pick-up process.

If you haven’t visited the new location yet, look for the stunning new storefront next to Pete’s Family Restaurant while driving down Lewisville-Clemmons Road. To stay up-to-date on the latest inventory in stock, follow the Treasures Décor page on Facebook, or stop by in-person to speak to Tony and the Treasures Décor team.

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Intentional

Friendships

BY ANGELIA CORNATZER

Being intentional is all about making choices on purpose to do things that matter to you. When it comes to being intentional in friendships, it looks like making the purposeful choice to make friendships matter in all the different areas of your life. It means being there for one another.

Intentional friendships are full of celebrating the wins and mourning the losses together.

We have so many people around us and we have so much going on in life that sometimes we get bogged down in the busy hustle and bustle. When we get in seasons such as these, it can be hard to make time for the people in our life that we love. A very practical way to keep intentional friendships a priority is scheduling a time each week that you will reach out to the ones you love!

Maybe every Monday at 11am you text, call, or write to the special people in your life.

Everyone around us is going through different things, grieving different things, celebrating different things, dreaming towards different things, and working towards different things. Intentional friendship looks like getting to know all of these areas in the hearts of your friends.

What are your friends going through?

What are they grieving right now? How can you celebrate them and what they are celebrating in their life currently? What are their dreams and goals, in personal and professional ways? What are they working towards accomplishing or completing?

When it comes to our lives and our friends’ lives, they can look very different. The goals you have and the life stage that you are in may be totally opposite from what your friends are up to. No matter the ups and

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downs, the celebrations, the sadnesses, the accomplishments, or the life stage, your friendships can be full of different types of people. When you are intentional, it doesn’t matter how different you are!

As we all go through different things at different times, take time to observe what your friends are going through. These things may be super awesome and exciting or super sad and hard. Whatever it is, as a friend you can intentionally come alongside and celebrate them or encourage them.

After you get to know what they are truly going through, love them where they are!

So many of us have different goals, aspirations, talents, and dreams. When our friends are accomplishing their’s…let’s celebrate! Some of your friends may have wanted to get married young, celebrate that. Some of your friends may never want to get married, celebrate that! Some of your friends are building their own big business while some of your friends may be a full time mom, and these are both equally celebrate-able! I encourage us all to not only celebrate the big cliche milestones in life that are societal norms, but think outside the box and be intentional with your friends where they are. Maybe your friend just got her running mile time down to her goal and maybe your other friend just went to workout for the first time in years… celebrate both!

Lets all have eyes that see things intentionally. When we are seeing through intentional eyes, everything is an opportunity to love our friends and walk with them where they are! How can you be an intentional friend this week?

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GOING THE EXTRA MILE!

BY DEBBIE LINVILLE, PHOTOS BY JODIE BRIM CREATIVE

Imagine moving into a new town, in a new state, not knowing a living soul, and opening a new automotive business with no previous experience in the industry during the 2008 financial crisis. Well, that’s what Rebecca and Gary Howorka did. Although, they had no background in the automotive field they both came from successful careers in professional service organizations and brought that business acumen and life experience to their new business venture. Fast forward 14 years and they have three highly successful franchises in Winston Salem serving over 44,000 vehicles per year providing oil changes, inspections, tires, and comprehensive mechanical services.

During the last two years of the Covid pandemic, supply chain challenges, and employee shortages, the company continued to grow and thrive thanks to a friendly professional staff and a strong base of loyal customers.

Now the company faces a new challenge with the loss of its existing location at 125 Hanes Mill due to the NCDOT’s bridge widening project at Hanes Mill Rd. Although it’s a bitter pill to swallow, the Howorkas understand that change is an opportunity for growth and transformation in keeping with the Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers’ vision, mission, and core values: “Leading the industry through excellence and innovation to provide the highest quality automotive products and services while keeping a focus on continuous improvement.” Continuous improvement… the new state of the art facility opens this fall and will feature a significantly larger modern customer area, as well as enlarged mechanical bays while boasting the same superior service, attention to detail, and premium products customers have come to expect.

The new location was chosen to take advantage of the new Beltway and the changing traffic patterns, as well as to limit any severe impacts from the construction congestion resulting from the two-year Hanes Mill project. These are exciting times for sure!

During the last 14 years the business has evolved, through the growth and support of their corporate franchisor to become purveyors of competitively priced tires. They are now Michelin, BF Goodrich and Uniroyal Direct Dealers. In addition, to sales and service of tires, oil changes and NC Inspections, Express Oil & Tire Engineers offers comprehensive automobile maintenance and repair. They have a dedicated staff of highly experienced automotive service managers and technicians.

HELPFUL INSIGHTS ON TIRES How can you prolong the life of your tires?

• When buying a new set of tires, make sure you get an alignment.

• Over time check your tire pressure to ensure they are inflated properly. The average tire is estimated to lose roughly 1 pound per square inch of air each month. Most people don’t realize the correct tire pressure is posted on a tag right inside the driver’s door.

• Perform regular inspections.

Look for cracks, swells, and uneven wear.

• Rotate and balance tires according to vehicle’s manufacturer recommendations. This will prevent any uneven tire wear from getting worse.

How do you know it’s time for new tires?

• NC state law requires 3/32 minimum tread depth to pass an NC Inspection.

Your tires have tire wear indicators, but they are only 2/32 depth so waiting until that point will result in a failed inspection.

• If you can see cord or fabric through the rubber • If the sidewall has a crack or bump • If there’s a laceration or hole too big to simply repair • If there are two (or more) tread-wear indicators • If the sidewall or tread is broken, slashed, or injured to the point where the fabric or cord is visible If you answered yes to one of these indicators, it’s time to visit Express Oil & Tire Engineers and do some tire shopping. Call or go online to schedule your appointment today!

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COMMUNITY PARTNERS Since opening their doors at the first location in 2008, Rebecca and Gary have shown their appreciation for the community support of their business by generously giving back. Each year the Howorkas seek ways to increase their partnership with area businesses and causes. Over the years, they have reached out to the community in many ways, including serving as sponsors to the Jerry Long YMCA Robinhood Bright Beginnings, a program that provides children with back-to-school support by giving them new clothes and a terrific backpack filled with school supplies. Additionally, Rebecca and Gary actively support the Clemmons Rotary and continually promote Mt. Tabor High School activities throughout the year. “We are focused on giving exceptional experiences and supporting the community in which we live,” says Rebecca. “These are our neighbors and friends, and if we don’t support them, they don’t support us! Being small business owners, we recognize the value of giving back to the community in which we live.”

OUTSTANDING TECHNICIANS The Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers technicians come from extensive backgrounds in the automotive industry. They come from both backgrounds in specific brands, as well as more generalized experience in all makes and models.

Typically, when hiring those from dealership backgrounds it takes some time to adjust to servicing all makes and models of vehicles.

They employ the latest computer testing tools to ensure the diagnosis is accurate and results in fixing the issue the customer identified. In addition, the team will go to great lengths to communicate any other areas of concern that the customer should pay attention to in the future for their vehicle maintenance. With all the computer chips and sensors in modern vehicles it’s often very difficult to identify the underlying issues. For example, when a sensor gives an out-of-range reading that causes the check engine light to come on, many people think they need to replace the sensor when actually, it’s working fine and just telling you there is another issue with your vehicle that needs to be addressed. Another example is when fixing an AC system that has not worked for a while, there are frequently situations where once the system is pressurized and working, the hoses quickly fail or have leaks from being old and dry rotted. So, communication with the customers is essential to the success and satisfaction of their experience.

A sample of mechanical services offered: • Alignments • Tire services and repair • Air conditioning • Belts and hoses • Brakes • Coolant flushes • Electronic ignition • Engine repair • Fuel system cleaning • Radiator • Timing belts • Shocks and struts • Transmission • Tune up • Check Engine light diagnostics

INTEGRITY, HONESTY, RESPECT…IT’S WHO WE ARE! Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers’ hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Stop by or call any of the three convenient locations (125 W. Hanes Mill Road, 377-2690; 2570 Lewisville-Clemmons Road, 283-9552; and 3499 Robinhood Road, 727-3681) or visit expressoil.com to make an appointment or get additional information on all things oil, tires, and mechanical services. Rebecca, Gary, and the rest of the team at Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers look forward to greeting you and keeping your vehicle in prime working order from fender to bumper.

Order your tires online at expressoil.com They will be waiting for you when you come in!

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Rates: It costs $2 to get into the park; although they do sell very reasonably priced yearly gate access passes at the park. The pool’s daily admission fee is $8. Children 3-5 and Seniors 55+ receive a $1 discount on General Admission Rates. Admission is FREE for Children 2 & Under.

THE QUARRY AT CARRIGAN FARMS

About 45 miles away in Mooresville is the Quarry at Carrigan Farms (www.carriganfarms.com).

This gem is located between Forsyth County and Charlotte. Swimming in a deep, refreshing natural quarry is the perfect way to cool off in the summer.

Participating in the open swim hours at the Quarry at Carrigan Farms is an unforgettable adventure.

There is a sheltered section to get into the shade and out of the sun if so desired, and there is a restaurant located at open swim serving all the usual farm fresh favorites, as well as items that change daily.

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least 10 years old and weigh between 70 and 250 lbs. A minimum of two participants is required per group and an adult has to be participating with anyone under the age of 18.

Rates: $79 for first class flight (14-line flight). $69 for coach flight (10-line flight).

WILDERNESS RUN ALPINE COASTER

Summer is in full swing and it’s time to get out and about. Get the oxygenated rush of being outside with the family this season. Come along as we are taking your mind’s eye on a journey of some terrific outdoor activities to experience as soon as possible!

If you have never graced the gates of Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, you should hurry and go. It is a picturesque destination of hiking and biking trails, golf, horseback riding, tennis, and so much more.

One of its crown jewels is the Brunstetter Aquatic Center. Located in the heart of Tanglewood Park, the Aquatic Center features four sections for all members of the family to enjoy! A zero-depth entry wading pool with three large water features, a splash pad featuring water features for the little ones to enjoy, a large main pool with two diving boards and two slides, and a winding tubing river.

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Please note that no outside food or beverages may be brought to open swim. Lifeguards are on duty during open swim, but children aged eleven and under are required to wear a life-vest at all times while swimming in the quarry. Lifevests are provided or you may bring your own.

Children that are under two years old or who weigh less than thirty pounds are not advised to swim in the quarry.

Rates: Admission ranges anywhere from $20 up to $35 per person depending upon weekday, weekend, or holiday time slots.

Taking a Ride KERSEY VALLEY ZIP LINE

On your zip line adventure, you depart from a tower at 58 feet high, overlooking the Maize Adventure corn maze. Attire included with the experience are gloves, a helmet, and a full-body harness. You push off the platform and fly along the cable from tower to tower. You are anywhere from 40 to 100 feet off the ground and literally will be flying through the woods and across the Maize Adventure corn maze. All fliers must be at

Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster is North Carolina’s first alpine roller coaster, providing thrilling outdoor adventure in Banner Elk, a little under two hours away from Forsyth County. Wilderness Run was built by Germany’s top alpine coaster company and modeled after popular coasters in Europe. The track’s length of 3,160 feet includes three circular loops, a series of waves, and several twists and turns for plenty of excitement. Guests navigate the track in individual carts that are designed to accommodate up to two people. Each ride begins with a cable-pulled ascent of 770 feet to the top. At that point, the alpine coaster differs from a roller coaster because the remainder of the ride is gravity-fed with the rider grasping two handles that serve as brakes. Riders can use as little or as much braking as they like. The top speed is 27 miles per hour, and the average ride takes about five minutes.

Rates: Ranging in price for a single ticket from $5 to $16 depending on age of the participant.

Picnic-apalooza MILLER PARK

Miller Park (400 Leisure Lane, WinstonSalem) is an idyllic spot for an outdoor dining experience. Bring your blankets, pasta salad, and snacks and dine al fresco. Miller Park is a Winston-Salem city park with natural areas, bocce courts, six picnic shelters, a playground, two softball diamonds, four lighted tennis courts, walking trail, restrooms, and horseshoe pits.

REYNOLDA GARDENS

Gardens, large stretches of lawn, shops, and restaurants at Reynolda Village all contribute to the expanse of beauty at Reynolda Gardens.

Pull into the entrance at 2201 Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem and experience all the grandeur of Reynolda’s outdoor wonders. It’s the perfect place to share a picnic with family and friends!

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Purpose Push: The Missing Link to Success in Your Business

Sheridan C. Watkins is a journalist and the owner of Shairpins, a jewelry and gifts brand focused on transcending self-worth to all women. Her true work began after climbing out of a dark place with the help of God and therapy and her life mission is to provide tangible peace through her Divine gifts to help women heal and transform their lives. Follow the mission on Instagram: @shairpinsgarden

BY SHERIDAN WATKINS If you’re a business owner, or thinking about it, you’ve likely already been pummeled with cautions and encouragement for the challenging journey you’re embarking upon. It’s caused you to think, rethink, and rethink the rethinking. Despite it all, you decided the business will be born.

Add hard work on top of it and you’ve concluded you’ll be like any other success story in due time.

Well, in the most gentle way I can, I’m here to tell you that none of that matters.

Societal barriers are real.

Unfortunately, there are barriers in our society that delay and block you from attaining your milestones, whether we acknowledge them or not. One barrier is the fact you are a woman - but you are an amazing woman, and you should remind yourself of that every day.

Don’t confuse “busy work” with “hard work.”

It doesn’t matter how hard you work when it’s targeted toward the wrong thing. Don’t confuse “busy work” with “hard work.” “Busy work” can be hard to complete because you shouldn’t even be doing it!

Why hard work isn’t enough.

Hard work can actually distract you from your calling if you’re being pulled in different directions, all for the sake of saying your hard work will pay off…one day, hopefully.

But think of the opportunities that landed in your lap with little to no effort at all - kind of dispels the theory that only hard work will get you to success.

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Don’t hide behind “hard work.”

How to incorporate more faith in business.

The game changer is putting the hard work into your faith.

Listen, study and take time.

Another downside to hard work is that it tends to hide you from the world because you’re so busy.

When you only work on the things you’re good at and are called to work on, it forces everything around you to shift and shine a spotlight on your passion. You won’t be known for everything but you’ll be top-of-mind in your niche.

Think of the basketball star who comes in an hour before practice and stays an hour after just to practice free throws. That is faith that sharpening one skill will make a huge difference in the entire game! So, what is your faith work? Commit to it now because you’ll need it when you get discouraged.

Your faith will be there for you when you are low on enthusiasm and energy, but hard work will just make things harder at those times.

Refer back to your journal, accomplishments, Bible, or whatever highlights your greatness.

As much as you deserve a pat on the back for the hard work accomplished, make sure it’s not all you’re doing, or the very thing you’re called to do will begin to feel like a burden. The word faith means what you think it does: a belief in God, yourself, the universe, your business, or however you interpret it - that is what will keep you going every day.

Finding the faith to stick to the mission can be hard work in itself so step into it by finding still moments. Meditate, pray, and nourish your body before giving time away to anything else, including your business. You will be blown away with how well frustrations fall off your back and the ideas and epiphanies that come, all by deciding to go against the grain of society norms and sit still. There may be times you have to clear the whole day in order to tune in with yourself.

It’s always worth it.

As you keep listening to your heart, studying your emotions, and taking sacred time for solitude, you’ll begin to gain confidence in knowing what to work on and what to omit, push back, or delegate. This will give you better judgment and more tenacity than you thought you were capable of. It can also inspire the next person to put faith in her endeavors. Can you picture a world full of faith? It may look a lot different from what we see now.

Choose faith first and believe the rest will come.

From this point forward, don’t choose hard work, or money, or quick success - choose faith first. No successful person has achieved her wildest dreams without believing what she hasn’t yet seen. If it were easy, nearly everyone would be a business owner, and if hard work was enough, we’d all be millionaires by our personal deadlines. With wholehearted and unshakable faith as the most important ingredient that’s been missing, we can get up tomorrow and try a new thing.

Good luck, I have faith in you.

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DR. DORIA “KATHY” STITTS:

FROM FAMILY, FAITH, & FUN TO UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP Some leaders make positive changes in small, local communities, or in their own families.

Others are destined to impact hundreds, or even thousands, of lives. Dr. Kathy Stitts, Associate Professor of Marketing, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean of University College at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is doing both: changing lives on university campuses for three decades and in her community and family even longer.

Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, Kathy described her childhood as “the BEST”enjoying annual family vacations, “extended family” holiday dinners, roller skates, swing sets, and birthday celebrations. She also learned first-hand that the challenges of living in an inner-city neighborhood are news stories to some, but are realities for those living in a large inner-city. The oldest of three, Kathy, her sister and brother were raised by loving parents and a grandmother (Nana) who believed in education, made sacrifices, and trusted God to direct their decisions. Her father was a mailman and her mother volunteered and later worked as a secretary. Family, faith, and education were instilled in Kathy and her siblings early in life.

The family prayed the rosary daily and were active in the church and community.

Kathy and her siblings received formal education at St. Adalbert, a black Catholic School in arguably one of the most segregated cities in America in the ‘70s, and ‘80s. Her parents modeled faith, activism, leadership, and love, which lifted Kathy to academic success at Beaumont School for Girls, a college preparatory school. Guidance counselors tried to help her navigate the college selection process, which was daunting for a firstgeneration student. These experiences perhaps foreshadowed Kathy’s interest in helping underserved populations of students.

An Ohio college was Kathy’s choice until an administrator at Florida A&M University (FAMU) convinced her to consider the School of Business and Industry. Sight unseen, the entire family made the long drive to Tallahassee in their infamous red station wagon. Once Kathy stepped onto campus, she was hooked!

FAMU, an HBCU, was one of the best decisions Kathy made. She was nurtured, made lifelong friends, joined Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Incorporated, and earned her bachelor’s in accounting and an MBA. After a stint at

Motorola, Kathy was one of the first Blacks to earn a PhD in marketing from Florida State University at age 26.

Kathy’s first academic post was as an assistant professor of marketing at Virginia State University, later serving as department chair.

Dr. Arthur King recruited her to WSSU’s School of Business and Economics as Associate Dean.

She has worked in several leadership positions at WSSU and utilizes her strengths to develop equitable, optimal student experiences.

Many of her former students stay connected, reminding her of the lasting influence she has on their lives as their “Campus Mom.” She is a 2018-19 ACE Fellow, a member of the ACCU’s “Discerning the Presidency”program, a graduate of HERS Leadership Institute and Leadership Winston-Salem, in addition to serving on numerous community boards. As this amazing leadership journey continues, Dr. Stitts credits her success to wonderful family, friends, extended family, strong mentors that “made joy happen” and the realization that delayed gratification has its benefits. “I truly appreciate the journey from then to now.” She believes that black female leaders in higher education often must overcome obstacles of racism, ageism, and sexism as they strive to find the best fit for their skills, and as they push their limitless leadership trajectory without compromising their authentic selves. Dr. Stitts’s trajectory looks limitless.

“A disparity of empathy limits our communities,” says Stitts. “Many live in their own ‘bubbles.’ Unless something directly impacts those bubbles, they seem to be desensitized or insensitive to the lived experiences of those outside their environment. The challenge is to think about someone you love experiencing poverty, being homeless or hungry, living in a place with limited opportunities, being uninsured, having limited to no access to education, being ostracized or bullied because of sexual orientation or religious beliefs. Then ask, ‘How would I feel? How can I make a difference?’

If we begin to address these questions honestly and empathetically, we may begin to solve community issues, instead of being blind to them.”

Family, faith, and fun - a wonderful way to grow up for Dr. Stitts!

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Summer-Inspired Color Schemes

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SUMMER-INSPIRED COLOR SCHEMES

Soothing Seascapes - Soothe your senses with calming blue hues like the ocean waves and summer sky, soft seashell shades, and sand shades in neutrals. Real seashells and audio ocean waves are ideal complements to your soothing sea space.

Sunny Skies From Sunrise To Sunset - Refreshing and revitalizing shades of citrus (lemon yellow, mandarin orange, key lime, and pink grapefruit) evoke feelings of happiness and zest for life.

Summer Flower Garden - Pretty as a painting in a wide array of floral colors, however vibrant and neon, or subtle pastels, and watercolors (blue iris, pink coneflower, white gardenia/magnolia, and yellow roses) accent the vibrant green shades of summer grass and leaves.

The colors of summer are not just beautiful sights to behold - they can also support our health and healing. Whatever space you want to enhance, choose colors that support your wellbeing. Harness healing and boost your health with these creative color suggestions.

Color therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is a holistic alternative therapy utilizing different colored lights to benefit health and healing. Color therapy is often combined with aromatherapy in a sauna, salon, or spa setting.

The core concept is that colors contain vibrations that signal electrical impulses in the brain that can trigger hormonal and biochemical reactions. Our brain interprets wavelengths of colors that influence our perception and that light the way (pun intended) to a sensory and physical experience. Possible health benefits include soothing the senses, alleviating tension, stress, and anxiety, easing depression, and boosting mood among others.

Research has proved the important impact our environment can have, not only on our health and well-being (including mood and behavior), but also on performance, productivity, and social interactions. Clearing clutter, streamlining your space, and organizing your stuff have a surprisingly strong bearing on mental clarity and peace of mind.

So, too, does your color scheme. Even the smallest acts of redecorating can improve your living and working space and provide beneficial color therapy.

Place to start? Consider the most lived in, frequented area of your house. First, survey the area, clean, and organize. How do you want to feel when you’re in this part of your home or work environment?

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Whether it’s culinary creations or down-home cooking, your signature style can inspire and influence your color scheme and interior decorating. Taste of Thai or Tuscany? All American, French, or Italian? Mexican or Latin flair? The sky’s the limit with creativity (or the ceiling at least) whatever your budget and square footage.

BEDROOM

Ahh . . . a portal to sweet slumber and solace where you can relax and unwind (or rev up your love engine). Maybe you want the ultimate calming and relaxing experience of neutrals and subtle hues to soothe your senses.

BATHROOM

Ideal place for a home spa and an escape for the senses. What element(s) appeal to you most to renew, rejuvenate, and revitalize water, air, earth, and/or fire? Transform this space into a soothing Zen experience for ultimate relaxation. Breathe in deeply and improve breathability with the natural element of real plants like eucalyptus or bamboo and fresh flowers like lilies or orchids. White walls and towels like fluffy white clouds can be dream-like. Soothe your senses with colors of seascapes or gentle hues of serene skies.

LIVING ROOM

Laid-back lounge-y setting to prop your feet up and get comfy with a good book and a cuppa, or party hard with cocktail in hand and lots of guests? An advantage to going with more neutral shades of furniture, whether traditional or modern, is the versatility of accents. No need to feel bored and stuck with the same ‘ole color scheme when pillows and throws can always be swapped out.

Seasonal Summer Farm Fresh Fruits - Fruitalicious and fresh. Think of bountiful berries (strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, and blackberry) or more muted melons (watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew).

Summer Herb Garden - Feel refreshed in the healing herbal shades of green (parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme) or soft shades of lavender, chamomile, and nasturtium.

Whatever colors you choose, soothe your senses this summer as you celebrate life and focus on health and healing!

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Local Favorite Louie and Honey’s Kitchen

BY AMY HILL If you’ve taken a drive or stroll down West End Boulevard on a Saturday morning, you’ve likely seen a full parking lot and a line of customers out the door at one of Winston-Salem’s most beloved bakeries. Formerly known as Lavender and Honey Kitchen, the high-quality coffee beverages and beautiful baked goods at Louie and Honey’s Kitchen explain why it’s so hard to find a seat inside or outside the shop on a busy Saturday.

On Christmas Eve of 2021, Louie and Honey’s mother-daughter duo Natalie and Naomi Gingerich received word that a company on the west coast had trademarked the name Lavender and Honey, meaning the pair would have to come up with a new name for the iconic local favorite. Without diverting too far from their origins, Naomi and Natalie decided the name Louie and Honey’s Kitchen was well-suited for the shop, as it represents Natalie’s son Louis, along with Naomi’s grandchildren nicknaming Naomi “Honey Ma.” Although lavender won’t be making a debut in the shop’s signage or new logo, customers need not fret, as the shop’s famous lavender and honey latte is here to stay.

With residents returning to the office as America readjusts to life outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, busy employees and commuters will relish in Louie and Honey’s Kitchen now being open on Mondays. The pain of heading into the office at the start of the workweek can be numbed by one of Louie and Honey’s social media-famous Amish cinnamon rolls topped

coffee manager Jake concocted the popular Ameri-cola Latte, an iced beverage inspired by the old Coca Cola soda fountain drink. Keep your eyes peeled for berry-infused pies throughout the summer months, with blueberries, blackberries, and peaches being in season.

Those craving fall flavors won’t have to wait too much longer for autumn classics, as Louie and Honey’s Kitchen will be bringing back pumpkin lattes as early as September.

with a brown sugar icing. In fact, the Kitchen’s enormous Amish cinnamon rolls are a customer favorite that helped propel Louie and Honey’s in popularity among locals and out-of-town visitors.

Although Louie and Honey’s Kitchen has only continued growing in popularity since the shop opened, much of Naomi and Natalie’s loyal clientele was established when their business first started in 2017. Together, the pair participated in over 500 pop-up shops within the last five years.

Surprisingly, long lines began forming out the door on the first day the shop opened its doors.

Because customers love the cakes, lattes, and all that Louie and Honey’s Kitchen has to offer, the lines show no signs of shortening anytime soon no pun intended.

Summer has actually proven itself to be a slower season for the staff at Louie and Honey’s Kitchen, as many college students are out of town and locals frequently leave for vacation. If you haven’t been able to make it out to Louie and Honey’s Kitchen yet, the summer months make for a great introduction to the delicious products in-store without having to fight dense cold weather crowds in search of a warm latte and cinnamon roll. Since the shop offers indoor and outdoor seating, bring your laptop to work inside or sit outside and sip a coffee while taking your dog for a weekend walk.

Each month, Louie and Honey’s Kitchen features a new latte on the menu. In June, the shop’s

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Want to order a cake, pie, or batch of Amish cinnamon rolls ahead of time? Customers can utilize Louie and Honey’s online ordering system to place prepaid orders for pick-up in-store. All seasonal pies and specialties will be updated on the website to ensure online customers don’t miss out on in-store surprises. Users can also select the specific date and time of their pick-up during the online ordering process to help cut down on phone calls at the bakery that keep staff away from whipping up customer favorites. To place an order for in-store pick-up, visit www. louieandhoneyskitchen.com.

Naomi and Natalie are always surprised by the number of new faces they see every morning, along with seeing their loyal regulars daily.

Louie and Honey’s Kitchen is located at 401 W. End Blvd and is open Mondays through Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Check out the shop’s Facebook page and follow @louieandhoneyskitchen on Instagram to learn more.

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Address the Monster in the Room

Once upon a time TVs lived in an attractive piece of furniture (cabinet) on the floor of the castle and viewers had to look slightly down to enjoy the picture on the screen.

Fast forward several decades and the trend is to place large TVs in the living area of the castle. These monsters are sometimes mounted above the fireplace mantle or placed in a niche above the mantle.

Great idea? Well… I beg to differ. It is not necessarily a good idea because more times than not the TV is too high and a person can be uncomfortable viewing it for a long period of time. Not to mention that these large flat-screen TVs, like a monster, can overpower the room whether above the fireplace or mounted on a wall above a large console.

But there are times when that’s the only solution that works in the room. As noted above, the reason I don’t like it is the TV is usually mounted too high for comfort and can overpower the room. What I do like about it, however, is that the two focal points in the room are combined: the fireplace (the architectural focal point) and the TV (the ‘real life’ focal point). Having these two combined to form one makes it easier to place the furniture.

Have I ever suggested a TV be mounted above a fireplace? Yes… Do I like it? No…

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Unless you are among the small percentage of people that live without a TV in their castle, the monster in the room can be a challenge to decorate around. I found some great ideas on the Internet that will help you hide the monster in your castle:

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on, the mirror becomes clear as the light from the TV emits through the glass. Other options? Check out these sites: 10 Ideas on How to Decorate a TV Wall https:youtu.be/Cg96NWoM How to Decorate With A Huge TV? https://youtu.be/6D1eLx9er3 You CAN disguise that monster in the room of your castle…..and even tame it to be an attractive part of your décor.

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BEST OF WINSTON As the City of Arts and Innovation, Winston-Salem is home to a wide collection of artists with a core group of galleries located in the Arts District.

While you can find art throughout the city, the “Arts District” is the most densely packed area for public art. Follow this itinerary to enjoy a day immersed in all the Arts District has to offer.

Kick off your day on 4th Street at Camino Bakery with a pastry and cup of coffee for that extra caffeine boost. As you walk up 4th Street towards Trade Street, you’ll catch your first mural, La Luz de Diversidad, which is the only Hispanic mural downtown. Turn left onto Trade Street, and you’ll walk past The Memory Wall of Love and Peace, a 55-foot concrete wall next to the bus station that was converted into a mosaic made out of everyday objects by artist Gregory Warmack, also known as Mr. Imagination.

After you cross over 5th Street, you’ll hit the hub of the Arts District. For those wanting to do some shopping, don’t miss the Mast General Store; this local chain is packed full of clothing, camping gear, shoes, and the beloved barrels of candy for the kids. Farther down Trade Street, you can also find The B String Guitar Shop, whose knowledgeable and friendly staff have earned them a good reputation, and Happy Hour Vintage, a cute little shop stuffed with vintage clothing and accessories.

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A DAY IN THE ARTS DISTRICT

Trade Street is full of unique galleries. Stop first at the award-winning Visual Index, a gallery that emphasizes North Carolina art and features contemporary craft and fine art in a wide variety of media. Farther up Trade Street, visit artist-run Delurk Gallery, a curated space with shows that rotate on a monthly basis and focus on local artists. And you can’t miss Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, which shows and sells traditional and contemporary crafts in a variety of media created by its members.

When you’re ready for a meal, the Arts District serves up some of the best food in town (but keep an eye out on opening times, many restaurants have fluctuated their hours a lot since the pandemic). It’s a tough call for lunch between Sweet Potatoes or Mojito Latin Soul Food.

Sweet Potatoes - whose official name is “Sweet Potatoes, well shut my mouth!” - dishes out the best Southern soul food cooking in town. Favorite lunch dishes include the fried green tomato and okra basket, sweet potato cornbread, BLT, and anything involving their amazing fried chicken.

Mojito Latin Soul Food, on the other hand, is your place to go for rice bowls and sandwiches full of Cuban flavor.

After lunch, veer off Trade Street towards the ARTivity on the Green, a small urban park on Liberty Street. If you’d like some afternoon entertainment, walk across the street to the

newly opened ROAR, where you can try your hand at boutique bowling or a golf simulator on the second floor. If arcade games are more your speed, try either Camel City BBQ Factory (next to ROAR) or Reboot Arcade Bar, which does welcome the under-21 crowd during the day.

When you’re ready for an adult beverage, head back to Trade Street to either Single Brothers or Hoots Satellite Bar for an excellent cocktail in a small, appropriately quirky establishment. Make sure to see the mural Deep Sea Art, located on the side of Hoots that depicts an astronaut-figure in the water by artist JEKS, and keep checking the rooflines of buildings around here for occasional sculptural figures.

For dinner, there’s no question: Mission Pizza is the best. With outstanding Neapolitan-style pizza topped with classic and interesting ingredients, Mission Pizza deserves all the accolades it’s been raking in lately. But if you are willing to be openminded, the best deal and dining experience is the Prix Fixe meal, when you enjoy five courses based on the chef’s choice of the day (naturally one course is always pizza!).

Should you wish to explore a little bit more, other locations in the Arts District worth checking out are Fiddlin’ Fish Brewery, Small Batch Brewery, La Luz & Co., and so many more. Enjoy your day in the Arts District!

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A DAUGHTER’S LOVE FOR HER MOTHER

BY CAROLYN S PETERSON

In the United States, there is a 13% chance of a woman developing breast cancer at some point in her life; that is one out of every eight women. When a woman is first diagnosed with breast cancer, her journey to healing is just beginning and with all the medical advancements, winning the battle is more possible now than ever.

But if you are that one out of eight, life takes on a whole new look and your support system of family, friends, and medical professionals become your lifeline.

SEEING A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE

In 2016, Nancy Wyrick of Salisbury, NC, was diagnosed with breast cancer and her daughter, Leah, a teenager at the time, took on a role that no teenager wants to have.

“With my mother’s diagnosis in 2016, I watched her struggle with many postoperative complications that made her lose a sense of confidence and control in herself and her body. From her mastectomy, to a failed breast reconstruction attempt, an infection, a second breast reconstruction, and three subsequent surgeries due to complications, all in two years, I was by my mother’s side through every doctor appointment and procedure. After my mother’s final reconstruction, I listened to my mother’s surgeon, Dr. Samuel Roy, express his frustrations with the current recovery bras on the market today and how they lack advancements in their design, comfort, and features. I was inspired to not only help my mother, but millions of other women who undergo the same complications every day. With the expertise of a caring physician and highly skilled surgeon in Dr. Roy, we have custom designed the Resilience Bra to help prevent the number of complications patients can face post-surgery, provide greater comfort to women, and promote confidence in themselves through a highly functional bra. Ultimately, I created my company, Three Strands Recovery Wear, with a mission for giving women a product that they can trust throughout their recovery that gives them the power and control to recover in confidence,” said Leah.

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

When Leah was brainstorming for a name for her company to produce recovery wear for breast cancer and breast cosmetic surgical patients, she got inspiration from a ‘sign’ her mother had purchased a few weeks before.

“I was lying down on my living room couch and looked up and saw the sign with the Bible verse, Ecclesiastes 4:12‘A cord of three strands is not easily broken.’ My mother bought the sign to represent the strength of our close-knit family, but it had a bigger meaning to me. I knew I wanted the name of my company to reflect the strength and power of those women who would be our community.

That was the beginning of Three Strands Recovery Wear Corporation,” Leah commented.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, ‘WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, MAKE LEMONADE’

“My mother’s battle with cancer changed me; it forced me to grow up at a very young age, but through this journey, I have been given the opportunity to help change the lives of millions of other women just like my mother. I have always considered my mom to be my best friend, so you can imagine that at the age of 16, with her first diagnosis, my world completely flipped in one day. I believe one thing that has stuck with me through my mom’s breast cancer was her fierce and determined attitude. She knew this process was not going to be easy, but she knew that she would beat it and would have her family beside her every step of the way. Her grace, resilience, and grit have been the biggest influence behind my company, as I try to create a community for our breast surgical patients that doesn’t sugar coat this difficult process. I truly want my products to help ease some of the difficulties that patients experience,” stated Leah.

To further the future of her business, Leah is establishing relationships with local plastic surgeons and other groups, getting feedback on how to continue making the best products to aid in breast cancer and breast cosmetic recovery.

For more information, visit threestandsrecoverywear.com and follow on social media at www.facebook.com/threestrandscorp.

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How to Keep Adult Friendships Thriving in the Midst of Daily Chaos It’s funny the things we take for granted as children, like spending time with our friends. As we get older, friendships are just as important, yet time marches on and with it comes all the complications and chaos of adulthood making it harder to keep them close.

My best friend since Kindergarten, Bethany, lives 13 hours away by car, 2 ½ hours by plane, and sometimes weeks away by phone if we’re not careful.

Through colleges in different cities, out-of-state moves, marriages, career shifts, and new motherhood we have maintained a nearly 28 year long friendship.

While neither of us are experts, we’ve learned a lot along the way about keeping a friendship going even when adult life gets crazy.

Here are a few of our biggest tips!

#1 MAKE THE LITTLE MOMENTS COUNT

Ask most women and they’ll tell you that they never have enough time in a day! With so much going on, it may feel hard to carve out an hour for a long phone call or lunch date. So make the little moments count by using the time you have to intentionally communicate. Relationships are all about communication, so don’t feel like the get togethers or longer calls are all that matter! Waiting 20 minutes in the school pick-up line? Make the call!

Cooking dinner and waiting for water to boil? Send a text that you’re thinking of them and want to chat soon. Even if you see something silly online like a meme or video that makes you think of them send it their way.

#2 GET SOMETHING ON THE CALENDAR

The truth is, even though we might miss each other, life gets in the way. Scheduling time for friendships may seem a little “corporate” but ask yourself how often you say you’ll get together or chat and something comes up? (In fact, this very article you’re reading was supposed to involve a Facetime call with Bethany to talk about what tips to share and it ended up being a few text messages instead!) The fact is, choosing a weekly or monthly day of the week and time for a phone call can really help carve out intentional time together more. Even if you don’t want to add something to your calendar, just sending a message in advance asking if they are free tomorrow at noon or Friday after the kids go to bed can be so helpful to stay in touch more.

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#3 SHARE YOUR HEADLINES

Don’t waste precious time on small talk! Every week when something comes up that Bethany or I really want to share with each other we’ll test one another something about it with a “remind me to tell you about…” When we finally hop on a call we go back and forth sharing our “headlines,” the important “need to know” and “have to share” topics of our lives. Sometimes there is so much going on you won’t be able to fit it all in or you’ll forget a few things, but getting some of the important stuff off your chest or sharing funny or serious stories with that friend makes it feel like you really are there in their life, even if not daily.

BY TARYN JEREZ

#4 PLAN IN-PERSON TIME WHEN YOU CAN Some friendships are much stronger than the physical distance and time between them. While the majority of communication these days may be digital or over the phone, making time for in-person, real life moments together matter.

If you live in close proximity, try to get something on the calendar every few months or quarterly. If you’re long distance like my best friend and I, planning a visit each year may be more accessible. Plan time with one another’s families if you’re all close but make sure you get some time for just the two of you to catch up, get personal, and make memories.

#5 SHOW GRACE WITH EACH OTHER

Remember, if you are thinking about your friend and life is just so chaotic right now that you haven’t had time to reach out, there’s a chance they are feeling the same way. Show each other grace when it comes to communicating. It can be frustrating to have text messages unreplied to and voicemails not returned, but it’s important to remember it’s not always personal and may be due to a lack of time, mental space, and distraction.

Rather than spending the next time you do communicate pointing fingers or rehashing periods of silence, try to move forward and enjoy the time you have together to catch up.

Now, who is that friend you’re missing at the moment? Pick at least one tip from this article and go reach out to them today!

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SECCA Celebrates the Creative Work of WSFC Visual Art Teachers

BY CAROLYN S PETERSON

Diversity: WS/FCS Visual Art Teachers is a special exhibition celebrating the vision, talent, and dedication of Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools’ remarkable visual arts teachers. The exhibition features 15 works by elementary, middle, and high school educators, showing the diverse talent present in our local schools, underscoring the artistic contributions teachers make beyond the classroom with their students.

A PASSION FOR ART Susan Johnson, Visual Arts teacher at East Forsyth High School, is one of the Diversity exhibitors. “As most Visual Arts teachers, I not only have a passion for teaching art and an appreciation of it in general, exposing students to the various mediums, but I do oil paintings in my time away from the classroom. The SECCA exhibition gives our students and community an opportunity to see our art. Personally, I like to paint large, up-close flowers, using oil paint, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s art. The love of my family is also an inspiration for my art,” said Susan.

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Other local Visual Art teachers featured include Amy Davis, of Atkins High School, who has two large abstract pieces using acrylic and collage, as well as Kim Harper, from North Forsyth High School, who has a tile piece on display. “There’s a great variety of mediums used in the pieces at SECCA. From oil, acrylic, and tile, to several sculpture pieces made from metal.

This exhibition showcases the great talent of local art teachers and the pieces can also be purchased. As teachers we show our students that much of life, from architecture, to photography, to products we use every day, began as art, a drawing or rendering, at some point in the creative process. This exhibition was rewarding; being able to share with our students and peers what we’ve created made this a special time,” Susan commented.

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is located at 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem, NC. Diversity: WS/FCS Visual Art Teacher exhibition is on view May 26-August 7, 2022.

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The Real Deal with Candice Deal

THE DIRTY SIDE OF CLEANING CLEAN-UP YOUR CLEANING ROUTINE BY CANDICE DEAL

A busy and full life can produce a dirty house.

And let’s be real, no one is excited about cleaning the bathroom, absolutely no one!

But most of us are cleaning daily, whether it is wiping down the counters after making a meal or just cleaning up a coffee spill. We might be cleaning more than we think.

Traditional commercial cleaners contain loads of toxic chemicals and fragrances. Some recent studies have shown that the chemicals in common, commercially manufactured cleaning solutions, when used just weekly, can be as harmful to your lungs as smoking 20 cigarettes daily.

Yikes! Have you ever cleaned a small bathroom, spraying down the surfaces you plan to clean and then finding your lungs sting when you take a breath or your eyes water? I can recall that happening to me and it made my asthma flare up. You might not experience the same ill feeling when you clean in larger, open spaces but the chemicals are still there, swirling in the air, even if you’re using a liquid cleaner vs. a spray cleaner.

Harmful chemicals like ammonia, chlorine bleach and quaternary disinfectant compounds (aka quats, potent disinfectant chemicals commonly found in disinfectant wipes, sprays and other household cleaners to kill germs, so the product can claim it is “antibacterial”).

You can create your own cleaners using much safer ingredients at a fraction of the cost! This super simple cleaning solution is as effective as bleach at killing germs and bacteria, is much safer to use and has no fragrance at all. I like to use this to wipe down counters in the kitchen and bathroom, wooden cutting boards and all the touch surfaces like doorknobs, faucet handles, light switches, refrigerator handles (you get the picture!):

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• 1 opaque spray bottle (key component as this formula is light sensitive) • 2 cups hydrogen peroxide • 1 cup distilled water If you need a tough scrubbing paste for grout or other hard surfaces: • 1 large container with a lid • 1 cup baking soda • 1 cup borax • 1 cup fine salt • 15-20 drops lavender essential oil • 10 drops tea tree essential oil Mix all ingredients in a large glass bowl, then pour into the container and store with a lid at room temperature.

Want a soapy cleaner for greasy surfaces?

• 1 spray bottle • 1 cup hot water • 1 cup baking soda • ½ cup castile soap • 20 drops of lemon or orange essential oil Mix the hot water and baking soda. Stir until cooled, add the other ingredients and mix into the sprayer. This is great for cleaning up after the breakfast bacon or stir fry oils find their way onto the stove top.

To freshen up your home, instead of reaching for soft surface sprays that you, your kids or your pets will come into skin contact with, mix up some easy to make, simple ingredient swaps!

Remember that when reading those labels, anything with *Fragrance is typically going to be chemically fragranced.

To remove carpet odors, pre-mix baking soda and your favorite essential oil (use a fork to break up any clumps and evenly spread the EO) then sprinkle over your carpets, allow it to sit for about 30 minutes then vacuum it up.

For window drapes, throw pillows, bedspreads and more, spritz on a lovely naturally scented spray for home fragrance.

• 1 spray bottle • 1 tbsp organic vodka (optional) • ¼ cup distilled water • 30 drops of essential oils (use lavender in bedrooms to promote healthy sleep; use lemongrass in common areas for a bright fresh scent) If you decide to try your own mixes to create your cleaner cleaning routine, be forewarned that any time you mix baking soda and vinegar together, you will get a sudden fizzy mixture that is as fast as a volcano, so be prepared!

Cleaning isn’t usually a favorite pastime activity for most. It’s unavoidable, but the harmful chemicals don’t have to be.

Happy cleaner cleaning!

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The Things We Always Watch

BY MEGAN TAYLOR

We all have our favorite T.V. shows and movies - ones that we watch hundreds of times and could probably recite word-for-word. A person can have many reasons why they like a T.V. show or movie. These stories can give them comfort and a chance to relax without having to really think about what is happening with the characters and storyline, because we already know it. There is a “feels like home” associated with it. In addition, the shows and movies can be turned on in the background and any time you tune into them, you know exactly what is going on. And lastly, they connect us with memories of loved ones and good times.

Thanks to our diverse interests, likes, and dislikes, favorites vary from person to person. Certain ones have attracted millions of people, but your favorite TV show may be disliked by someone else. The good news is that there are thousands of shows and movies available that become people’s first choice all for different reasons, including the ones below which have stolen the hearts of our Forsyth Woman writers.

“The Office because I love the characters and the inappropriate office behaviors.

Also, Friends, because it makes me laugh and takes me back to the ‘90s.”

- Leslie Speas

Movies I love to watch again and again are Forrest Gump and Almost Famous.

I love the storylines, the dialogue, and the music. These are movies I end up quoting because I love so many of the scenes, especially Forrest Gump. My husband and I always find reasons to quote this movie. A TV show I watch over and over is Mad Men because it’s a perfect show in my book.

The writing is incredible, the characters and plots are fascinating. I always find something new that I missed before. Plus, I love the period decor and costumes.”

- Karen Cooper

“My favorites are very obscure. For T.V. shows, Gilmore Girls and Crash Landing on You. For movies, Newsies and Troop Beverly Hills.”

“Hope Floats, Forrest Gump, and Dirty Dancing.”

- Carolyn Peterson

“I can watch The Office year after year and still laugh, cringe, and cry every episode. My husband and I watched the show in college when it was first airing and since then it is the show we always come back to as a comfort.

You can play an episode in the background or sit down intentionally and watch the whole series each year and it always satisfies.”

- Taryn Jerez

“The Office and Everybody Hates Chris for T.V. shows and Clueless for movies.

It is my all time favorite!”

- Chelsie Hart

“Law & Order: SVU - good background for writing for some reason. I’ve seen them all, but I’m attached to the characters, and sometimes can’t remember exactly what happened.

Friends is also a good background TV for writing. Comfortable, I guess.”

- Martie Emory

“I binge watch Parks & Recreation because I want to be Leslie Knope when I grow up.”

- Tabi Falcone

“As soon as the turkey leftovers are wrapped up and put away, it’s time for The Holiday with Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, and Jack Black. I can almost quote it word-for-word and I know it’s predictable and cheesy, but I simply adore it!

The English cottage Christmas, Cameron’s perfectly adorable face, Jack Black’s wit, and well…Jude Law! It’s just the best chick-flick to start the holiday season!”

- Tabatha Renegar

- Meghan Corbett

“Driving Miss Daisy.

I practically know it by heart.”

- Kim Beane

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As for me, my favorite shows have already been listed…The Office and Parks and Recreation.

These shows have provided many laughs. I have too many movies that are my go-tos when I need something to watch, but the Harry Potter series and Mamma Mia never disappoint.

Our list of beloved T.V. shows and movies are always growing and will never go out of date.

What shows and movies are on your list?

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BY AMY HILL

In my early and mid-twenties, I encountered a slew of unfortunate circumstances in the professional world. While not all of my career misfortunes were within my control; in hindsight, the majority of them were. With each perceived failure or redirection I encountered in the working world, I have learned valuable lessons along the way.

LESSON ONE: QUALITY OF LIFE TRUMPS HIGH PAY

My first full-time job out of college was a receptionist job at a wastewater treatment plant.

It was a simple, low-stress job with friendly coworkers, but the compensation was very low and it was an hour commute - not to mention, I lived in my parents’ basement at the time. I applied for countless jobs for six months and attended over seven job interviews before I was offered a position in the field I was earning my master’s degree in at the time. Although I didn’t feel fully prepared for the leap in responsibility, nor did I have a warm feeling about the people I would be working with, I was mesmerized by the whopping increase in pay I would receive. I wanted to move out of my parents’ basement and live in a chic apartment in Downtown Durham, which is exactly what this new position afforded me. Within three days of my new position, however, I realized that the organization I worked for grappled with high turnover, uniquely low employee morale, and very little training resources for new employees. With my lack of experience, personalities I had never encountered before, and an absent supervisor, I was more or less given the boot less than 30 days later. Not only was I locked into a 12-month lease with no income; I was also missing the loving wastewater treatment plant family I had left behind for life in the city. Although I wasn’t living the young adult life I had dreamt of while wasting away in my parents’ basement, I had support that money and stainless steel apartment appliances couldn’t buy.

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LESSON TWO: WHERE THERE’S SMOKE, THERE’S FIRE

With some divine intervention, and the help of a colleague who had connections and had recently turned down an administrative assistant job weeks prior, I was able to start a new job in telecommunications infrastructure less than two weeks later. I was able to keep my apartment and felt much more comfortable in my new position - at least at first. Around a month in, I started to hear rumblings of impending lay-offs as the project our team was working on was in the process of crashing and burning.

No matter whom I asked, no one would tell me the truth about lay-offs, with some managers blatantly lying about the state of the project. Regardless of the reassurance many managers and co-workers were giving me, my gut was telling me not to believe them. With a healthy sense of distrust, I began applying for jobs in the area just to be safe. Sure enough, after I had landed a job interview at an airport from a job posting I found on Craigslist (Yikes!), I was one of the many employees who were laid off a few weeks later. Jobless and defeated, I was fortunate enough to finally land the airport job from Craigslist, and my chic apartment lived to see another day.

LESSON THREE: YOU CAN’T FIGHT FATE

Around a year and a half into my job at the airport, I was becoming a miserable person. There was no opportunity for growth within the company, employees were being verbally abused by upper management, and worklife balance was non-existent. While some individuals handle toxic work environments better than others, I was beginning to experience back and shoulder pain, bouts of anxiety that convinced me I was having heart problems and sent me to the ER multiple times, and my personal life was also in shambles as a result of my poor romantic choices.

With all of these factors combined, everyone around me began noticing the toll my job was taking on me. I applied to over 100 jobs of all varieties within six months, but didn’t land one interview. Frustrated, I confided in a co-worker about my aspirations to work in a different field, who later confided in my supervisor as to why I was down in the dumps. Apparently, my performance and tendency to withdraw socially was catching the attention of upper management as well, who took my desire to work elsewhere as the perfect opportunity to replace me.

Although I was offered a severance package, nothing beats the trauma of walking in one morning to a job interview with your potential replacement happening in the room next door. As traumatic as the experience was, and as poorly as the termination was handled, God knew I needed to be thrust out of a workplace that was dragging me down. With more divine intervention, my good friend from high school helped me land my current job of three years and counting that actually utilizes my strengths, encourages me to develop professionally, and doesn’t negatively impact my life. My success in my current job thus far can only be attributed to a combination of God’s help and wisdom gained from lessons learned the hard way.

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BY ELISA COPPEDE

Finally, the carefree days of summer have arrived. Gone are the busy days of the school year. Plus, with the COVID-19 pandemic “somewhat” behind us, children and adults are thrilled to spend quality time with family and friends together. While this reprieve could not have arrived at a more needed time, this season has often become synonymous with lengthy days spent doing a whole lot of nothing. Hence why many call the days that fill this season the “lazy days of summer.” Even though this term is quick to imply that our break should be spent doing not much of anything, it is vital to realize children and adults alike benefit from spending time outside, enjoying the outdoors, versus glued to phones, tablets, and televisions. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, “children ages 8-18 get an average of 7.5 hours of daily screen time.” What is frightening is that this is only taking “entertainment screen time” into account, not educational screen time, which we all needed to do the majority of last year! In contrast, the average American child spends only four to seven minutes a day involved in unstructured play outside. Yes, four to seven minutes. Curious about how beneficial putting down our phones can be for our younger generations (not to mention ourselves)? Read on for reasons why we all should incorporate as much “green time,” versus “screen time” as we can this summer!

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Reason #1: The outdoors keeps children active. With childhood obesity on the rise, being outdoors requires our younger generations to move, which in turn can help manage weight.

Plus, the good news is any outside activity can qualify as exercise. From playing a team-based sport, like soccer, to taking the bike for a ride, to simply exploring the yard while picking wildflowers, all outdoor activities are great exercise for children.

Reason #2: Being outside improves children’s physical and mental well-being. We can easily see how being outside would benefit our children’s physical well-being, but we should also realize it can help their mental health. Fresh air and green spaces have a natural calming effect on our bodies. Outdoor play promotes beneficial “feel-good” hormones like oxytocin and serotonin. By simply being outside, we lower our stress levels and reduce anxiety. This is a welcome change from spending time looking at screens, which is said to increase anxiety among our youth.

Reason #3: Playing outside creates opportunities to socialize. Speaking of friends, our younger generations, sadly, had most of the last two years pulled away from them regarding socializing and making friends. Let’s take this summer to allow them to enjoy mingling again with peers, yet this time away from electronic devices! Many outside activities require children to work together, from playing a game of Marco Polo at the neighborhood pool, to team collaborating in building a new fort, the outside is filled with countless socialization opportunities.

Reason #4: Being outdoors can help children sleep in the evening. During summer months, schedules often are disrupted. Oftentimes, children are sleeping in, and staying up much later in the evening. All of this can lead to a tough first week back to school, when school schedules require all to be up at an early hour. All this said, playing outside daily, will help children naturally reset their circadian sleep rhythms. Fresh air, exposure to natural light, plus physical activity all work together to naturally require children to need to rest once nightfall arrives.

Reason #5: Being outside can help teach responsibility to all ages. When children play outside, they can witness all the life that lives around us, away from the indoors and devices. Children can see how squirrels hunt for nuts to store away for their family, or how thirsty flowers require daily watering during the sweltering summer heat. Being outside enables us all to witness how we need to take responsibility for nurturing and caring for our outside animals and plants.

By taking children outside, they can learn how to care for our world, from watering plants, to picking up trash. Kids who spend time in nature are more likely to appreciate and care for the planet as they age.

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BY TARYN JEREZ OF ONECRAFTYMISS.COM

Creating an On-Brand Consultation Experience This column is meant to serve as a resource for readers who seek inspiration and knowledge for building their own small business brands. Through actionable advice, find the encouragement to help you keep living your life with hustle and heart.

If you’re letting the reach of your branding stop at your website or social media, you are doing your business a major disservice. When a potential customer reaches out to learn more about your products or services, that consultation experience should be dripping with brand personality! If you’re wondering what this looks like and how you can capitalize on your branding to drive home that like, know, and trust factor in every touchpoint along the way, this month’s article is for you!

STEP #1 INITIAL OUTREACH

Your customers are forming a relationship with you before that initial consultation ever gets booked. Maybe it’s through following you on social media or simply checking out your website. By the time they click that button to schedule a consultation or reply back to that email you sent, it’s your job to help them see the value your business can give them. In your initial outreach steps, find opportunities to show your or your team’s faces to give them some comfort in who they will be working with, share next steps and what to expect, and do all of this in a brand voice that sets you apart. But don’t think that all your brand beauty ends at the consultation phase - now is your chance to get even more personal and personality filled.

STEP #2 BOOKING PROCESS

They are ready to get something on the calendar, this is where you want them to feel confident with you! Think about the level of professionalism you want to showcase because believe it or not, the way you allow your customer to book is shifting their opinion one way or another. Avoid the back and forth conversations trying to figure out a time or a super clunky system they can’t navigate. Take time to create a simple booking calendar with your availability preset so it’s quick and easy for them to schedule. Your confirmation emails are a great place to add in some brand fonts, colors, and language to remind them this isn’t just another business, it’s your business. Remind them how excited you are for your consultation!

STEP #3 CONSULTATION

Decide how you will be hosting your consultations with clients - video call, phone call, or in person? Something as simple as your Zoom background can flow into your brand.

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What is your process like when the call begins?

Do you spend time getting to know one another or jump right into business? Be intentional about your process and how your conversation lines up with your brand values and personality. Have some goals ahead of time on how you want your customer to feel. Maybe it’s confident and empowered, or calm and natural with you? Give the person you’re meeting with the time to really ask questions and speak their mind and allow yourself to actively listen and respond.

STEP #4 NEXT STEPS

How do you deliver your next steps for your customers and how are you communicating? Your branding can shine through things like pricing guides, onboarding PDFs, even contract templates!

Include your logo, colors, fonts, and any other brand attributes where it feels right and sprinkle some brand photography into these documents if possible. Emails and automation language should be written in a format that feels like you now know each other, with your brand voice a little warmer

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post-consultation. Maybe send a voice message sharing how much you enjoyed your meeting and you’re excited to work together. How does your brand court new clients? How does it encourage action and display gratitude?

STEP #5 FOLLOW THROUGH

Regardless of whether or not you have a confirmed booking, this is absolutely a vital step and a great last touch to remind them who you are as a brand.

Decide whether or not you are going to send an email, a voice message, a video message or even snail mail to check in on their final needs. How personal do you want it to feel? Incorporate pieces of your brand language that really envelops the trust you want them to have in you. Circle back to your customers’ needs and solidify how they intend to move forward; highlight your desire to work with them and reach out for their benefit, not yours. Think about what actionable steps you leave them with (click here to book, if you’re as excited as I am hit reply, etc.) and how you are signing off of that communication.

This month’s challenge is to dive into your own customer and client consultation process and see where there is an opportunity to add your own unique brand personality and voice. Where are there gaps right now? What areas do you want to refresh to feel more personal?

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Catalina

BY GENEVIEVE CONDON

“Catalina.” Air brushed against my hair as I was jarred awake from the restless sleep that I had fallen into. It took a while for me to settle down, to ease my frazzled nerves as I heard each sound that roamed through the house.

“Come to me Catalina.” My eyes adjusted to the dark, and I saw a white figure hovering in front of me. I blinked, the apparition disappearing. When I finally exhaled, the cold air was visible in front of me. I embraced myself, building up the courage to investigate what I just saw.

“William?” I called out, grabbing my jacket and wrapping it around myself. I ran out of the room, still calling his name.

“My love. Don’t leave me.” At the end of the long hallway, William stood, as clear as the picture that hung from the wall. A calmness settled in my body, the unease and fear from earlier disappearing. William smiled as he moved towards me, light as air. He was magnificent. It was bewitching watching him glide above the floor. I held my breath as he moved in front of me. Reaching out his hand, he brushed my cheek.

“I can feel you.” I said as I closed my eyes reveling in his touch. It was soft, delicate, almost as if he was afraid he would break me.

“Are you real?” I whispered.

“You believe in our love, so I am here.” I opened my eyes just as William smiled. “You’re more beautiful than I remember, Catalina.”

“I’m not Catalina.” I stumbled, falling back against the wall. My chest heaved, fear taking me over. He thought I was her. The love of his life.

“Oh, but you are. Remember.” He breathed out, his lips pressing against mine. Warmth enveloped me, the cold that nipped in the air disappearing. I was as light as the air

that William floated through. Everything went white; my mind playing snap shots of moments that I didn’t even know were a part of me. Then it came to me, a memory as fresh as if I was living it this very moment.

William and Catalina.

A fire cracked in the corner, two bodies fused together as if they were one.

“Please don’t go. I fear you won’t make it back to me.” William’s hand flitted across the woman’s bare stomach. He pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead, stroking her hair with his free hand.

“I will come back to you my love. You and our unborn child.” I couldn’t see the woman, no matter how hard I tried. My mind was blocking my view. I knew it was Catalina, the woman who stole William’s heart. I could feel it within my own as I was watching the last moments that these two shared together unfold. No one was certain what she looked like. People said her skin was sun-kissed, her eyes as green as emeralds. But that was it, history had no more knowledge.

“I know. You’d never let anything happen to us.” I could hear the smile in her voice.

“Never.” He whispered against her hair.

William stood up, dressing in his uniform and preparing to depart. Catalina stood up, wrapping the sheet around herself before turning to face William.

Placing her hand on his heart, she spoke.

“Remember us here, in your heart when you’re fighting in battle. Know that no matter

what happens, what you see, what you do, I will be here waiting for you.” Stepping on her tiptoes, she placed a gentle kiss to his lips. William backed away, and then I saw her, Catalina.

Her eyes, almond shaped and green, were a direct contrast to her caramel colored skinned. Catalina was beautiful, in an exotic way; her high cheek bones and slender frame made it difficult to take your eyes off of her. But, that isn’t what captivated me, what made me close my eyes and shake my head to look again, it was because she looked just like me.

“William!” I called out as I was brought back from the vision. He was gone, disappearing with the cool air that was now warmer than before. I looked like her, the woman who was taken from the world too soon. Doubt crept in. I couldn’t be her. That memory was from more than 150 years ago. Yet something about what I saw, felt so real. Her fear for William going off to war still lingered in my chest like a dull ache right over my heart. My lips were slightly swollen from the kiss that they shared. And my cheeks were heated from the fire that laid in front of me before he left. Everything seemed so real.

I wasn’t sure where Catalina ended and I began. All I knew is that I had a week to uncover the truth behind who she was and to give William the peace he so desperately deserved.

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Wear the Bikini

BY GEN CONDON

There have been way too many times I’ve missed out on swimming or playing at the beach because of how I looked in a bathing suit. I’d complain about being too cold, or that I forgot my bathing suit, watching everyone else splashing and having a blast as I watched from the sidelines.

My daughter always tried so hard to drag me into the water.

I remember putting my feet in to pacify her and often thought of the dozens of bathing suits collecting dust in the bottom of my closet taunting me.

I felt guilty secretly catching glimpses of myself in the mirror and picking apart every part of my body. I had a daughter looking at me for guidance, to love what I saw in the mirror, but it was hard because the truth was, I didn’t.

I wanted to be smaller, leaner, more muscular, lighter, fuller, less jiggly, firm, shorter, all of it at the same time. The impossible images depicted on TV, magazines, and social media put these thoughts in my head all at once; it was contradictory, confusing and maddening.

I don’t quite remember when it happened, perhaps sometime around meeting my husband, when I stopped caring about how my thighs touched or jiggled a little when I walked. How my stretch marks from birthing two beautiful babies peeked through the tops of my bikinis. I finally met someone who loved me. All of me and never made me feel lesser than for not looking like a runway model. Every day I feel beautiful in his eyes. And our son, as well, who loves to lay his little head on my legs, hold my hand as we walk to get the mail, and hold tight to my arms that hold him to pick his favorite snack.

I love that something changed. I hated missing out on memories, moments with my children and family because I felt self-conscious.

My legs became strong and fierce, as they ran after my two old, and played catch. My arms are steady as they help my teenage daughter do her hair for a date. And my stretch marks are a

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reminder that our bodies, as women, can do amazing things, like give life, give hope and love everyday. Our bodies are strong, and made to tackle many things that go beyond normal. We juggle snack time and work meetings, swimming lessons, and book club. We are amazing in all that we are.

Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of days I struggle with my self image but more often than not, my daughter comes in asking for help with her makeup or hair, my son wraps his little arms around my body and suddenly what I see in the mirror aren’t imperfections but someone who is loved, needed, wanted.

So today as we opened our pool for the season, I chose my bikini.

My son laughed with glee as I came outside, my daughter said “Go, mom!” and returned to texting on her phone, and my husband placed a kiss on my cheek.

I’ve decided that from here on out, I’m going to wear the bikini.

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WOMEN ON THE MOVE SHEREEN GOMAA

Shereen Gomaa moved to the USA from Egypt in 2002. After obtaining her U.S. Citizenship, she started a nonprofit called Delicious by Shereen (deliciousbyshereen.com) to help refugee women adjust to life in America and achieve economic security for their families. “I’ve always felt that food is one of the best ways to build bridges and bring people together from different backgrounds,” she said. “Our business model is built upon social benefit for those in need. We’re interested primarily in helping people help themselves – being productive members of society that contribute to their community is the best way to integrate into life here in America. It’s been said before, but we want to give people a hand up instead of a handout. We’ve received grants for our work from the Winston-Salem Foundation as well as The Women’s Fund of Winston Salem. We were featured in Forbes magazine along with many other local and national articles over the past five years. Even though we live in challenging times, it is so very important for people to get together and sit down to share a meal and get to know one another. We have more in common than we realize! I am so fortunate for my very supportive family, and I am so grateful for them as well as our community for supporting me since day one!”

LEAH WYRICK

Three Strands Recovery Wear was founded by Leah Wyrick in 2018 as a freshman in college at Wake Forest University. In 2016, her mother, Nancy, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Her cancer was treated with a mastectomy that resulted in three subsequent surgeries due to complications. During her mother’s recovery, Leah saw first-hand the complications her mother endured, specifically with drains and bra discomfort, and became inspired to help others that may have a similar experience due to the lack of advancements in today’s surgical bras. Leah teamed up with Dr. Samuel Roy, a plastic surgeon in Salisbury, to create the Resilience Bra, a patent-pending, post-operative bra for mastectomies, breast reconstruction and other breast-related cosmetic surgeries. While attending school full time, Leah’s company, Three Strands Recovery Wear, was selected to enter the Winston Starts Program, a startup incubator in Winston Salem, that assists entrepreneurs in developing and scaling their businesses. Leah has received many awards and accolades for her company’s efforts including being selected as the only freshman to join the Wake Forest’s Center for Entrepreneurship StartUp Lab in 2019; chosen by the Wake Forest Center for Entrepreneurship department faculty for the Most Outstanding Senior of the Year Award; and Three Strands was a recipient of the 2021 NC IDEA grant. She is very grateful to her supportive family, friends and mentors who have helped make her dream a reality.

TRACI ROSS

Traci Ross is the 10th President & CEO at Family Services, Inc. Traci has more than 20 years of experience working in human services, specifically child welfare and non-profit business administration. Traci recognizes the need for early prevention services to ensure that every child reaches their full potential and has dedicated her career to doing so. Her past accomplishments include institution of a professional development model for all staff that is strength based, builds on skills, and allows for mentoring and leadership opportunities.

She has built collaborative partnerships with local community agencies to assist in efficient delivery of services and resource development for program clients. Traci also instituted a leadership project which led to the renaming and rebranding of her previous agency to improve the agency’s exposure in the community. She was responsible for the creation of a mentoring program that assists middle school children with successful transition to high school culture.

Traci has also rebuilt failing group homes for teens by rewriting the current program to include trauma-informed methods of care and treatment and used positive methods of behavior modification and effective crisis intervention. In her spare time, Traci enjoys downhill skiing, kayaking and yoga.

JESSICA PERRY

Jessica Perry was born in southern California and grew up in a modest community in southeastern North Carolina. Seeking every opportunity to get involved in theatre arts and inspired by many excellent theatre educators along the way, she attended UNC Pembroke and received her B.A. in English: Theatre Arts. Upon graduation, Jessica was awarded Most Outstanding Theatre Graduate 2015-2016, which she achieved while simultaneously raising two children with support from her husband. She moved with her family to the Triad in 2017 and fell in love with the strong sense of community that surrounds theatre and the performing arts in the Triad. She is now the Marketing Director for The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. Jessica feels privileged to be a part of a company with such a rich history and passion for excellence.

With more than 20 years of experience within the theatre arts, Jessica’s mission is to bring theatre to as many lives as possible. As the next marketing director, she is excited to give back to the community that has given her so much. In her spare time, Jessica enjoys reading, hiking and spending time with her husband, son and daughter.

WILETTA FRIENDE

Wiletta Friende is the owner of Calming Oncology Oasis Spa. “I founded this company to provide exceptional and safe spa treatments to current oncology patients,” she said.

“We use non-toxic and vegan products that are carefully vetted.” Wiletta graduated from Leon’s Beauty School in esthetics in 2013, and Les Cheveux School of Aesthetics in Master Esthetician in 2014. She opened Calming Oncology Oasis Spa in 2021.

In her spare time, Wiletta enjoys traveling, live jazz music, visiting local coffee shops while indulging in dirty chai lattes and spending time with her children, Quinn and Jah’Son.

DR. BRIANNA DIX

Dr. Brianna Dix is an OB/GYN for Novant Health WomanCare.

She earned her medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Saint Joseph Hospital. She received the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine’s Excellence in Obstetrics Resident Award. Her husband, Sonny, is a fellow in hematology and oncology at Wake Forest Baptist Health.

She also has a German Shepherd mix named Wrigley. In her free time, Brianna enjoys hiking, skiing, baseball games, comedy shows and anything outdoors!

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- Denis Waitley

When you wake up in the morning, leave something beside your bed to remind you not to get up immediately. It is so easy to automatically start your day the same way every day, so this will help. It can be a note, a glass of water, a crystal, anything that will remind you to start your day manifesting.

First, you need to see in your head what it is that you want in order to begin manifesting it into your life. To begin to build the manifesting muscle you can start small with something like a feather, a good parking space, or communication from a loved one. When you visualize the item, person, or experience in your head, give it as much detail as possible. Some people like to put an energy field or light around it, others just vivid pictures, but just spend a few minutes with this visualization.

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“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t –you’re right.”

- Henry Ford

Another important aspect of this process is to believe that you have already acquired the item or experience and see it in your head as if it has already been given to you or that you are already experiencing it. How do you feel, where are you, and who is with you? Are you happy, excited, or proud? What are the feelings and emotions that surround you as you are looking at what you are manifesting? If you do not believe it yourself, then you will not attract the people, things, or events necessary to manifest your desires.

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To begin, I had to look back at the advice of my mentors through the years and filter through all the books, articles, and presentations to figure out the most effective way for me to quickly strengthen my manifesting muscle. Although there are many teachings, ideas, and information on the subject, the best method for me to maintain a practice and to instill a habit must be simple and succinct. So, I have outlined the four essential steps that require only minutes per day to see amazing results.

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The Neil Young lyrics “in the field of opportunity it’s plowing time again ‘’ remind me that I have the opportunity at any time to plow up these current negative thoughts, feelings, and habits and to plant the seeds that will restore my ability to once again manifest my desires. Seeds like faith over fear, peace over anxiety, and love over hate. My manifesting muscle, that had become extremely weak through lack of use, needed to be worked again to return it to its full potential. We have all heard the saying “if you don’t use it, you lose it.” I believe manifesting is like a muscle and can be strengthened with use. The path we need to restore and maintain that muscle will be a lifelong journey, but definitely, a journey worth taking.

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Manifesting is the process of bringing forth events, things, and experiences into your life through the energy, thoughts, and intention you put out into the world. I began in the 1980s, through my various mentors, to very effectively use this method to acquire jobs, relationships, and travel experiences that I wanted to enjoy. Over the last several years, due to health problems, the death of my mother, a major life change, and, oh, yeah, the pandemic, I have allowed thoughts of fear and doubt to slowly infest my mind and rob me of the peace, joy, and adventures life has yet to offer me.

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BY ROBIN SHUPE KELLER

BE GRATEFUL

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

- John F. Kennedy

This is a huge component of manifesting. Be grateful, as if you have already received what you want. Be grateful for everything that you have and everything that you want to receive. Any religion or beliefs that you hold close, your concept of God and the universe, is part of this energy force that wants you to experience peace and joy.

Whether you choose to believe in it or not, it is still there and exists as an energy field in this world connecting us all together. Live every day with an attitude of gratitude for everyone and each experience.

LET IT GO

“Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.”

- Eckhart Tolle

Finally, surrender it to the universal field of energy and continue your day. Do not obsess about whether it will show up or how. Keep your mind and eyes open daily to the miracles that are all around you. When you open yourself up to the beauty that is already there, by putting your intentions on positive outcomes for yourself and others, by focusing on the heroes and not the villains, and choosing your thoughts based on what you want and not on what you fear, then doors will begin to open, and you will attract all that you will need to manifest your dreams.

Happy Manifesting!

Robin

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JULY 14 GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT NOW - JULY 30 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SUMMER EXPLORATION PROGRAM Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road in W-S. The Wake Forest University Summer Exploration Program is a handson STEM learning experience that allows middle school students the opportunity to choose their own week-long, STEM-themed adventure. Day camp and overnight programs are available for students. Cost: $995-$1,500. exploration.summer.wfu.edu

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SUMMER IMMERSION PROGRAM Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road in W-S. The Wake Forest University Summer Immersion Program is a series of week-long institutes that allow high school students to explore different career pathways and fields of study at Wake Forest University. Institutes are led by Wake Forest professors and professionals in various fields and students are mentored by Wake Forest undergraduate students. Cost: $1,500-$2,700. immersion.summer.wfu.edu

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NOW THROUGH AUGUST 12 TRIAD SPORTS MANAGEMENT (MULTI SPORTS SUMMER CAMP) Rise Indoor Sports Facility, 419 Twins Way. Weekly camps for soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, basketball, dodgeball, flag football, speed and agility as well as baseball. Ages 5-12 years old. Please register: triadsportsmanagement.com.

JULY 4 SALEM BAND “STARS & STRIPES” CONCERT 6:45pm, Salem Square in W-S. Honoring veterans in our community with marches, big bands, sing-alongs, Armed Forces Salute, vocalist Mignon Dobbins, and of course, Stars & Stripes Forever! All concerts free in Salem Square. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. Food vendors on site. Established in 1771, Salem Band is the oldest, continuous mixed wind ensemble in the nation.

Eileen Young, Music Director. Raindate= July 5th. facebook.com/SalemBandFan

JULY 12 KIDS’ MORNING OUT 10-11:30am, Winston-Salem Open, Hanes Park, 625 West End Boulevard in W-S. School’s out for summer!

USTA North Carolina will have activities to promote the game of tennis. Cross the green footbridge near the Hanes Park playground and look for us on clay courts 4, 5 & 6. Kids must have tennis shoes on; all other gear will be provided. And as always, each adult also receives four tickets for the fabulous prize board drawings.

5pm-until…Butcher & Bull, 425 North Cherry Street in W-S. Grab a friend, a neighbor, your sister, your mother, a co-worker and have a much-needed Girls’ Night Out! Reservations highly recommended. Enjoy specials including $5 select wines by the glass, $5 select desserts and $10 select appetizers. As always, each attendee receives four tickets for the fabulous prize board drawings!

JULY 15 ONE NIGHT ONLY: THE LEGO MOVIE Bailey Park Downtown in W-S. An ordinary LEGO construction worker prophesied as special is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis. Admission is free. Film and popcorn: a/perture cinema. Drinks: Incendiary Brewing Company. Food: Giannos Gelato.

JULY 15-17 ROCK OF AGES YOUTH EDITION Reynolds Place Theatre, 251 North Spruce Street in W-S. The Little Theatre of WinstonSalem’s 2022 Summer Camp Production!

Set on L.A.’s famous Sunset Strip in 1987, Rock of Ages tells the story of Drew, a city boy from South Detroit, and Sherrie, a small-town girl, who have both travelled to L.A. to chase their dreams of making it big and falling in love. Three live performances for the public! Cost: $14/person. ltofws.org

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Winston Junction Market, West 9th Street in W-S. The Big Chill is The Shalom Project’s annual fundraiser that takes the form of a community-wide ice cream party. This year, you can expect live music, ice cream tasting, kids zone fun area, food trucks, fundraisers sitting on ice, booths from the Winston Junction Market and ice cream floats (both beer and soda-based). We hope you can make it and enjoy the fun!

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JULY 23 CHRISTMAS IN JULY SHOPPING & FUN EVENT 11am-5pm, New Horizons Childcare, 6395 Cephis Drive in Clemmons. Bringing our community together to enjoy summer activities, shopping and much more! Vendor space is running out, but, if interested, fill out application at thecraftinloft.com/events.

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JULY 23-24 SMILEY SPRINT TRIATHLON 7am-12pm, Clemmons West Recreation Association in Clemmons. The Smiley Triathlon Festival combines 19th edition of the nationally acclaimed KidsforKidsTriathlon. com with the SmileySprintTri.com for a great triathlon weekend. Last year, we had more than 150 volunteers, and including the Fun Runs, we had about 700 total athletes.

JULY 26 & 23 YOUNG NATURALISTS ALL-DAY CAMP (AGES 6-12) 10am-4pm, Minglewood Farm and Nature Preserve, 238 Minglewood Road in Westfield.

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Women from across the Triad and beyond are invited to this two-day retreat that will feature Christian author, speaker and radio personality Dr. Joy Green and lead singer of the award-winning band Big Daddy Weave, Mike Weaver. The topic of the event will be “steadfast faith.”

Tickets for the retreat are $22-$44/ person and can be purchased through eventbrite.com.

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OCTOBER 1 2022 TOUR DE BOUTIQUE $40 includes a swag bag with an exclusive FW gift just for you! You’ll receive door prize tickets, and the more stores you visit on the tour, the more opportunities you’ll have to win!

Also, every store on the trip is going to have special sales, exclusive to Forsyth Woman’s Tour de Boutique shoppers!

Grab your mom, your sister, your coworkers, your best friends, your neighbor and join us for another shop-til-you-drop adventure! Shop ‘til you drop, stimulate the local economy...even get a jump start on your Christmas shopping! Then, wait for us to call you to tell you if you won any prizes throughout the day! *Winners notified by October 4th. Register at tinyurl.com/2022TDB.

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Conversations with Your BFF In a recent chat with a friend, we took up the topic of closure, asking ourselves, what is it? Do we need it or not when a relationship comes to an end? Strangely, with most subjects, I have a solid opinion and can weigh the positives and negatives and come down with a strong belief on one side or the other, but this has got me a bit stumped, so I’m going to play devil’s advocate on closure and have a two part discussion, examining both sides of the matter. So, what exactly is closure? I am so glad you asked!

IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO, BUT DOES CLOSURE TAKE TWO? One of the official and most concise definitions to ‘closure’ is ‘a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved, come to an understandable end.’ As humans, it is in our nature to long for closure, so we have the ability to move on without being haunted by any lingering pain, regrets, doubts, or what-ifs.

We believe if we receive closure, we can gain an understanding of what happened, as well as improve our relationships that follow and have a better sense of ourselves. That’s a nice thought, but not always the case.

THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLOSURE AND ANSWERS Most of us want to reach out and find some sort of neat ending to complicated situations, especially when we didn’t choose for the relationship to end. But if you think about it, we may not be searching for closure, but rather answers as to where and why things went wrong. We long to have an opportunity to change the outcome of the situation. Humans don’t deal well with ‘loose ends.’

Maybe just one more conversation will make that person change their mind.

Endings with those we love bring about feelings of insecurity: Was I not good enough? What can I change to get him/her back? Being cast aside, as a friend described to me once, stops when we realize that we have the power within us to make things mean or not mean something…you develop a resilience you didn’t know you had.

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‘What Is Closure?’

I hate to tell you, but sometimes there just aren’t answers and closure takes a while to happen, if it ever occurs. You can analyze the end of a relationship with a love interest or a friend, working out every scenario in your head, but still never know the why to the end.

CLOSURE MAY NOT BE IN CARDS FOR YOU Sometimes, at least in my case, the real reason a relationship didn’t work out is probably something you are better off not knowing or hearing. If the other person can’t dignify you with an explanation, in the long run, would you really want to be with someone who thought so little of you?

The key in having to accept not getting closure is learning to live with the fact that you will not be able

Part I

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to figure everything out. All you can do is look at yourself - not the other person and take everything you learned from the situation and close the door behind you as you leave the past where it belongs: in the past.

In this perspective, closure isn’t a need, it is something we believe we need. You may be better off with questions as to why things ended, so let go and move forward to the next chapter of your life. But then closure, to some, is a must…..that we’ll discuss next month.

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