The thought of losing their child fills most parents with abject terror. Losing a child to disease, accident, or fate is what most parents imagine, but it is also possible for the State to terminate your parental rights completely. This is more than just a social...
Families
10 Things That Make You Go Hmmmm About Probate
Did you know that . . . All valid creditors must be paid before the heirs (if the person who passed did not have a Will) or beneficiaries (if the person who passed had a Will) of a deceased person’s estate can receive their share of the estate? Did you know that . . ....
Anchored in the Community
Thursday night, the stars shined brightly in downtown Savannah as The Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire held it’s 7th annual fundraiser. The Mediation Center serves all of Southeast Georgia, providing civil and domestic mediation services, peer mediation...
Standards
How are your New Year’s resolutions holding up? Did you make any? Are you still adhering to them? Did you start a new diet? A new workout regimen? Start a personal growth journey? These are all goals. One approach to setting goals is to look at yourself and your...
Violence as Entertainment. What on Earth are We Doing?
I’m on the airplane. As is often the case, I’m noticing what movies other passengers around me are watching. The guy in a row ahead of me, just to the right, is watching Expendables 4. Here’s an early scene: Bad guys want something nuclear from the keeper of this...
New Year
We often hear the concept “new year, new me.” With every new year comes the tradition of New Year’s resolutions, vision boards, creating a new version of oneself; out with the old, in with the new. New Years don’t require a new you, but it is a great opportunity to...
New Beginnings – A second chance at life and lessons learned
A wish for peace, joy and love for you and your families in 2024. On Mar 1, 2023, my life fundamentally changed. I remember staring at the MRI report reading “significant renal mass.” The words were confusing, medical terminology that I had briefly encountered, but...
Christmas, Movies, and Hope
My family and I have been watching Christmas movies in droves this year. Central in all of these movies is the idea of hope, though sometimes it’s buried so deep it’s not realized until just before the credits. Chevy Chase hopes his annual bonus will be sufficient to...
Proposals, Prenuptial Agreements, Prepared
My fiancé - I still get giddy just thinking that word - planned our perfect proposal. I’d change nothing. Not even some of the candid photos of us that came out a little haphazard. They were still perfect. Quickly, almost as soon as the ring slid into place on my...
Presence is the Best Present
What is your dream gift? For some it might be a brand-new, candy-red Porsche 911 Carrera GTS with fewer miles than they have birthdays. For others, a sparkling new Rolex Daytona or other similarly rare timepiece that not only leaps off of one’s wrist into...