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It’s THAT time of the year again: year end freezing temperatures, lots of snow and the shortest days (longest nights!) in Saratoga County, New York and around the Capital Region. Brrr… If I were to select which dimension of wellness to reflect and write first in a blog, it would be financial wellness. Why? Because a healthy budget and strategic financial planning makes an economically stable and happy family. Yes, money is not everything. And  statistics don’t usually lie; yet sometimes they are engineered to generate certain results by the publisher. So it’s good to take it with a pinch of salt just like you would with news reports. According to Statistica, a global data and business intelligence platform based in Germany: “As of 2021, there were about 690,000 divorces registered in the United States and the divorce rate stood at 2.5 per 1,000 of the population. Data on family income levels show that, in aboslute values, there are more divorces among the lowest and the very high-i...

A Children and Special Needs Friendly Parenting Tool Kit ARE you contemplating a short family getaway soon? Do you know that there is a positive correlation between holidays and wellness, even if you have special needs kids?       Beautiful deer spotted at Wayne, New Jersey in Fall 2023 during a road trip  The upcoming public holiday in the U.S. this year is Memorial Day which falls on Monday, May 27th. In about a month’s time, many public schools will be closing after the final exams and the summer holidays will be here again. Yeayyy! If you’re a parent blessed with kids especially those with special needs, you’ll probably be questioning: how can I travel with my special needs kid(s) and still enjoy peace of mind? Give It A Second Chance and Beyond Perhaps you might dread the idea of traveling with your kid(s) with special needs after several not-so-pleasant experiences in the past?  As much as you might want to lament those bad travel memories, you cannot...