More Like My Daddy By Anne Donegan Costas I want to be more like my Daddy as I age.  His sense of humor, his view of life, his optimism, his ability to forgive and to love never left until the day he died.  He lived a life of dignity, generosity, love, and had a zest […]

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By Anne Donegan Costas   GRANDCHILDREN What adventures I had this summer with 3 of my 6 grandchildren! If you have been blessed with grandchildren then you know the love I have in my heart for each of them. They spent 10 days with me recently. I wasn’t sure I was going to make it for 10 […]

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By Anne Donegan Costas It felt like Christmas Eve.  There were no Nativities, no Christmas trees, no carolers, and no bright lights.  And yet the feel of Christmas was in the air.  That same exciting expectation of a new birth at Christmastime abounded.  I took the obligatory family picture of Mom and Dad with the […]

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By Anne Donegan Costas During important transition years high school teenagers may experience moodiness or even depression.  In fact, we all have times in our lives when we are down or upset about something that has not gone the way we hoped.  What is important is knowing the difference between just having a bad day […]

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By Anne Donegan Costas Professional school counselors have a variety of roles in the school setting.  I will be covering some of the more important roles in this article.   It would be too lengthy to touch on all of their roles because there are many. However, I will cover the main ones. SCHEDULING Professional school […]

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By Anne Donegan Costas POWER STRUGGLES Power struggles are between any two people vying for power for that moment.  The power struggle can be between parent and child, teacher and child, or peers of any age.  How do they get started and what can we do about them are two questions I hope to answer. […]

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