It is Easter this weekend and that brings a lot of things to the valley. Valley visitors are a great addition, as is chocolate. Many folks entertain different traditions, from hiding eggs to family meals to attend-ing Church services. Easter...
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We certainly live in a beautiful, peaceful community. It takes a bit of effort to go out there and have a conflict. It is so much easier to just be kind and loving. I am in a pretty grateful state...
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It is hard to cover everything that happens throughout a week in a single issue of The Valley Peak. Sometimes special days hap-pen on day 5 or 6 of a current issue. That is part of what makes it so...
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So many people have come together to help make my life with cancer and kidney failure as comfortable as possible. I will not name anyone as there are way too many to name you all. But I do want to...
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Another reminder that there is no paper next week as I am deeply engulfed in set-ting up my own dialysis ward in my house. It is going to be incredible and I am inviting anyone who is interested in seeing...
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There is no one in the world who is the same as you and that is one of the great things about the world. We are all unique in the way we think, the way we look (except twins maybe),...
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It is pretty overwhelming when I sit back and think about how many of you read this column, that I myself write, each week. It really allows (or forces) me to make a lot of my life an open book....
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So I am at a huge milestone in my kidney health. So far the peritoneal dialysis is not effective so I am travelling to Cranbrook twice weekly for hemodialysis. That adds a lot of risk with night time driving. I...
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