Family – Page 2 – Community Voices for Health

Introducing Brockton Healthy Families

March 5, 2024

by Maria Almeida, Program Coordinator with Greater Brockton Healthy Families The Greater Brockton Healthy Families is part of a statewide program providing free, voluntary, and confidential home-visiting support to first-time moms and dads ages 24 and under. The services can begin during pregnancy and extend through their child’s third birthday. Our services include child development, family health … More Introducing Brockton Healthy Families

Recovering

February 20, 2024

By Dennis P. Carman, President & CEO, United Way of Greater Plymouth County I am the son of an alcoholic. On one hand, this means that I was both witness to and victim of some traumatic times, including verbal and physical abuse from my father, Donald Parker Carman. On the other hand, at 12 years old … More Recovering

Conversations in a Blueberry Patch

August 3, 2022

By: Sandy Churchill “Put your blueberries in your bucket, Owen,” chimed a gentle mom to her sweet toddler. But Owen wasn’t convinced the bucket was the best place for his berries, as evidenced by his garbled response. Somehow he managed to contain the purple juice from spilling down his chin while his mother continued filling … More Conversations in a Blueberry Patch

Feeling Claimed as a Sign of Love

July 6, 2022

By: Sandy Churchill People say grandparenthood holds a joy like no other experience—brimming with all the blessings of Mamahood but without the degree of worry and responsibility. Sure, we Mimis/Nanas/Grammys worry about our grandkids and want the best for them, but we get to embrace the fun, adventure, and memory-making moments without the all-nighters with … More Feeling Claimed as a Sign of Love

You’ve Got Mail!

March 4, 2021

By: Sandra L. Churchill Call it the Pride and Prejudice-loving, timeless romantic in me, but there is nothing so endearing and charming as a hand-written letter. A note of encouragement, get-well card, or just-because friendship letter, thoughtfully penned and snail-mailed, is such a testament from one human to another that he or she matters. The … More You’ve Got Mail!

My Dear Aunt Mimi

February 25, 2021

By: Cheryl Maguire Everyone wishes they had an Aunt Mimi. Somehow, I was lucky enough to have one. She was the type of aunt that would not only attend all your major life events, like your graduation and wedding, but did so donning a pantsuit, long before Hilary Clinton inspired #PantsuitNation. She even wore one … More My Dear Aunt Mimi

A Holiday Humor Story

December 9, 2020

By: Cheryl Maguire *Please note: The story below is based on last year’s holiday season. While celebrating this year is much different, I hope to provide a reminder of the joy of family, and hopefully a glimpse of future holiday seasons. “Can we please host Thanksgiving dinner?” This is how I wanted to respond to … More A Holiday Humor Story

Silver Linings at a Covid Thanksgiving

November 24, 2020

By: Sandy Churchill The year 2020 will go down in the history books as a wacky, upside-down time when nothing was normal, “socially-distant” became a buzzword, Zoom became a lifeline for school and work, and all of us became fashionably “masked.” While we did our best to take health precautions, adapt as much as possible, … More Silver Linings at a Covid Thanksgiving

Family First

April 26, 2019

We all know that family matters; but when your kids are grown that is when you really begin to understand it. … More Family First

I Can’t Raise My Kids To Be Colorblind

February 22, 2019

By: Heather O’Neill I was having dinner one night a few years ago with two young men who I have known for the past 20 years. I met them when they were about 13 and they have now become part of our family. We were discussing some of the events that were happening across the … More I Can’t Raise My Kids To Be Colorblind