NORI ST. PAUL

• Listening to Life: Making up is so, so hard to do Published 05/25/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Disagreeing with my grown daughter Ferrari is like being in hell. After all, I raised this kid to listen to me, right?

• A mother always: Naples mom talks on the experience of giving up your baby Published 05/12/2012 at 5 a.m.

  "I held him in my arms. I quietly told him who I was. ‘I am your mommy.’ I told him, ‘I will always be your mommy. I will always, always love you.’”

• Día de las Madres: De una madre a otra Published 05/11/2012 at 2:06 p.m.

  Una madre adoptiva da las gracias a la madre biológica por darle el hijo que nunca hubiera podido tener...

• Listening to Life: Moms are the most complex people in the world Published 05/11/2012 at 4 a.m.

  It’s amazing how women who have a child or children transform into — Mommmmmm. The word itself — mom — even connotes comfort, like a mantra. Mmmmmommmmmmm.

• From one mother to another Published 05/10/2012 at 12:34 p.m.

  A child just wasn’t in the cards for Rachel and Albert Hernandez. Nothing seemed to be going their way. First it was major medical roadblocks. Then depression and separation got in the way. At least that is what the Naples ...

• Karrie Bick walked a long, rocky road from alcoholism to her new life Published 04/30/2012 at 10 a.m.

  Karrie Bick walked a long road to recovery.

• Hazelden of Naples celebrates two years of helping addicts renew their lives Published 04/23/2012 at 2 p.m.

  Hazelden, a drug and alcohol treatment facility in Naples, hosted its 2nd anniversary.

• Listening to Life: When the going gets tough, relax Published 04/13/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The old saying, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going,” isn’t always fruitful. Sometimes when life seems to throw you a lot of curve balls at once, it’s time to pause.

• Living on the land: While many may wonder why, some homeless people choose to live a life without a place to call their own Published 04/12/2012 at 2:43 p.m.

  For some people, home is in the heart. For some, like Naples resident Christopher Beardslee, 48, home is in the woods. At least it was for all of the past several months until Beardslee, a skilled handyman/carpenter, finally got a ...

• Job-seeking Collier County adults are back in class to catch up to computer skills Published 04/10/2012 at 4 a.m.

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