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Ringing in a (really)
happy New Year
here’s something very liberating about a new In this month’s issue, we found stories about folks
year, don’t you think?
who have gotten back to the basics of helping others
It’s like a clean slate; a do-over; or new beginning. smile, simply by bringing their best to the tables they
Call it what you will, there’s just something about Jan- serve.
uary that feels like the cover of a book with the story * Meet Evan Jarvis, a 24-year old ireighter/para-
yet unwritten.
medic and volunteer with Paciic Northwest Moun-
I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions. I learned tain Search and Rescue. He’s a small town guy, who
a long time ago that for me, it was simply a set-up for grew up in Welches, but didn’t stray far from his own
failure. I’d stare down the one thing I didn’t like about backyard. Except to learn how to help those who ind
myself, meet it head-on and whole-heartedly commit themselves in life or death situations.
to cooking better, being on time, getting to bed earlier * A Renaissance Health Center for Natural Medi-
— whatever it was. he irst time I slipped, I felt like cine in Gresham believes that everyone has the power
a failure.
to be their own healthcare advocate. he center of-
Lease A New KIA From So last year, I took a diferent approach. Each day, fers chiropractic and naturopathic care, acupuncture,
I wrote down something I was grateful for on a piece massage therapy and other alternative methods to
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of paper and put it in a container. hese weren’t mo- stimulate healing of the mind, body and spirit.
mentous occurrences, like winning the lottery (which * Nothing takes the chill out of a frosty winter
I didn’t by the way), but moments that made me smile. evening more than a homemade bowl of soup. Learn
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Lunch with my daughter and granddaughter. A sunny why 16 years later McCrae’s Country Caf́ is still do-
day in February. Flowers on my wedding anniversary ing it old-school-style, making soups, gravy and other
(who knew he knew?).
menu choices from scratch, with recipes handed down
Not long ago, I was attending my own pity party through generations.
(table for one, please) and I started reading through all And while it’s tempting to hibernate indoors until
those slips of paper. My stars — there were a lot of mo- the irst frail crocus pops up in the spring, don’t miss
ments worth remembering and celebrating. Suddenly, all the fun going on at the ski resorts, local libraries
whatever had me in a snit seemed pretty insigniicant.
and even the Oregon Coast.
his year, let’s concentrate less on the traditional Find your reason to smile this year!
resolutions and vow to ind pleasure in upliting mo- Until next time,
ments. Play a board game with a child (and don’t Anne Endicott
lecture if they cheat like my granddaughter). Declare
one night a “technology free” evening and revisit the
almost-lost-art of conversation. Perform a random
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act of kindness. See how satisfying it is to just bring a
smile to someone’s face.
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