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North Carolina Summer Vacation
Hi Friends! We are home from our summer vacation. We traveled to North Carolina to visit lots of family. It was a great time. The weather was amazing! On the way to North Carolina we opted for an overnight flight in the hopes that our children would sleep on the plane. Ummm… it sounded like a good idea until we realized that it is really hard for the kids to lie down and get comfy to sleep. Fun stuff! Lets just say the travel part was my least favorite part of the trip.
Fun Obsessions with Kids With Autism
Long ago, I accepted that my son gets obsessive. My oldest brother learned this about my son on a recent visit. He came out to California from North Carolina with his wife and daughter. One day, I played tour guide and I took them around to many of the Hollywood/Los Angeles touristy sights. Along the way, my brother and his daughter, sitting in the back with my son, introduced a car game they play …
Safe Haven: An Interview with Nicholas Sparks
If you’ve read a few Nicholas Sparks’ novels, you may have wondered whether the author has some type of magical formula for creating such compelling stories of romance. (One part of the equation: Good people who fall in love despite their differences, usually in North Carolina.)
On the Set of the Film “Safe Haven”
Did you love The Notebook? If so, your heart is sure to melt when you watch Nicholas Sparks’ new film Safe Haven – which tells the beautiful story of an unlikely romance between a woman with a difficult past and a widowed father of two. Katie (Julianne Hough)hesitantly falls in love with Alex (Josh Duhamel) after escaping an abusive relationship. Together, they find security and happiness together in a sleepy North Carolina coastal town.
1 in 5 Young Adults Has High Blood Pressure
Close to 1 in 5 young adults has high blood pressure, according to a new study. “We wanted to look at the health of young adults in America, and the first thing we looked at was blood pressure,” said Kathleen Mullan Harris, a professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and the lead author of the study. “The prevalence is quite high – 19% – and we found this rather surprising,” she said.