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Tough Things to Talk About: Coming to Terms With Change

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I’ve always felt that the changing of the seasons was a lot like the changing of who we are as people. For example, as trivial as it sounds, I really do think that people are a lot softer and kinder in the cooler months than they are in the thick heat of the Florida summers. Though who they are as a whole does not change entirely, I think that just as summer lays down to rest … [Read more...]

Local Foster Teens Breaking Barriers Through Work Experience and Collaboration

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There are currently 19,000 children in foster care in Florida. Many of these children and teens are slighted from the opportunity to learn valuable tools of the trade and pursue higher education in their own individual interests. A group of organizations here in Lake Nona and across Central Florida are looking to provide these teenagers with a valuable opportunity to refine … [Read more...]

Local Family Donates $100,000 to the National Fisher House Foundation

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A local family donated $100,000 to the National Fisher House Foundation on July 2. The check was presented at the Orlando Fisher House, where the donor (who preferred to remain unnamed) spoke of her son who, in 2007, was a patient at Brooke Medical Army Center located in San Antonio, Tex. Her husband also was a veteran. When her son was receiving medical care, she was a … [Read more...]

Tough Things to Talk About: #SocialMedia

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I got my first Instagram account when I turned 13. It was a secret, of course, from my mom, who didn’t like the fact that I was already connected to a world of different ideas and realities through the screen of my phone. Yet, I was intrigued with the power of social media, who it could connect me with and how fast. I wanted to learn about everything that I could on the … [Read more...]

The Artist: Battling Mental Monsters and Finding Hope

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“My hope lies in the thought that by looking at these creatures, those who struggle to feel safe or at home in their own minds can realize this: You are not a victim of a mental disorder. You are a person with a story, a life, and battle scars who just so happens to have a monster on their mind.” Meet Nicolet Carson, an intuitive and driven young lady who, currently just 19 … [Read more...]

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