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DEAR HARRIETTE: I ran into an old friend’s parents a couple of weeks ago, and I immediately saw that my friend’s father is gravely ill. My grandfather died a couple of years ago, and my friend’s dad looked just like he did before he passed away: He is very thin, his eyes are sunken back and he could hardly walk.

Danny was the manager of the water station for the Bridgewater Badgers, a football team of 10-year-old boys. He loved his job and took it seriously.

The benefits of family quality time, which include positive impacts on mental health, reduced stress, promoting adaptability and more, are well understood. But the importance of creativity in families is less common knowledge.

Clint Davis Counseling and Integrative Wellness recently held a ribbon cutting in Ruston. Headquartered in Shreveport and now serving Ruston, the facility is located at 409 S. Bonner St. and is a faith-based organization that wants to provide lasting change internally and externally for couples, families, and individuals and to see people be healed, restored, and changed and recover from the trauma of their past. Submitted photo