Moments Magazine February 2015

February 2015

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Go Girl: Natalie Watkins-Cone Celebrate Black History Month What's Trending This Spring?

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A Love Story Like No Other The Peays are a perfect match — literally

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Oh, February — a month filled with huge stuffed animals, boxes of chocolates, mushy cards and expensive flowers — is here once again. While it shouldn’t take a national holiday for your significant other to show how much he or she loves you, the sentiments expressed on Valentine’s Day — at times ad nauseum, I admit — go a long way every day of the year. Feb. 14, I think, simply reminds us how important those expressions of love truly are.

So it’s only fitting that this month, we feature a couple with a love story like none other. While their relationship certainly has seen its share of challenges, Alaina and Justin Peay continue to push forward, growing in their health, their Linsay and her husband, Matthew faith and their love, both for each other and for the people in their lives. They literally are a perfect match. Julie Lavender tells this amazing couple’s story on page 12.

Our February Go Girl is Natalie Watkins-Cone, a busy wife and mom who recently began sharing her couponing skills with the community through low-cost classes at Hobby Lobby. You can read her story on page 20.

Finally, I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Maximilian Hecht as the newest guest columnist for MOMents Magazine. Dr. Hecht and his family moved to the area last year. He currently works as a physician at Ogeechee OB/GYN and is passionate about his career in women’s health care. Turn to page 5 to read his piece.

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Women's Health............................5 Southern Fashion..........................6 Love and the Heart........................7 The Art of Lawncare......................8 Gator Bites..................................10 Bulloch County Schools..............11 Feature.................................. 12–13 Averitt Center..............................14 Black History Month....................15 Calendar................................ 16–17 Selfie Obsession.........................18 Go Girl........................................20 Parks and Recreation..................23 Kids and Arguments....................24 Farmers Market Recipe...............27 Materialistic Children...................28 Kids Activity Page.......................29 Games........................................30 Coupons.....................................31

feature story Special thanks to Alaina Peay and her husband, Justin.

Thank you, Alaina and Justin! © Statesboro Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this issue may be reproduced without permission of the publisher. Neither participating advertisers nor the publisher will be responsible or liable for misinformation, misprints or typographical errors. The publisher reserves the right to edit any submitted material. Statesboro Publishing is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, artwork or other material.

Your Yearly Visit:

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Does It Need a PAP?

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Maximilian Hecht

Women's Health

the number of unnecessary and often unpleasant procedures related to abnormal PAP smears, especially for mild abnormalities and the anxiety related to them. Another very significant change related to this topic has been updated evidence and guidelines for physicians regarding how to manage abnormal PAP smears. Often mild abnormalities (typically from HPV infections) can resolve with observation.

Thus, there has been a major shift away from aggressively treating mild abnormalities, especially in young patients, and observing for a longer period of time.

The PAP smear has saved thousands of women’s lives. Screening does work.

To this day, half of cervical cancer cases occur in women who have not been tested at all. But you might not need a PAP smear every year. However, many caveats come with that advice, and you should always discuss this with your doctor individually. For example, if you have a disease that suppresses your immune system, you may need more frequent testing. Other questions can be confusing, such as what testing should be done after a hysterectomy or

at what age PAP smear testing should stop, so it is best to get personalized advice from your doctor.

So, should the yearly visit include a pelvic examination? To many patients, it is synonymous with a PAP test, but it can be done without the brush for cancer detection. To be upfront, strong evidence that doing one in patients with no symptoms or complaints is lacking. But the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology and many physicians (including myself) advise that the potential benefit of the examination warrants it being done yearly in patients older than 21. After discussing it with their doctors, some patients might decline a yearly pelvic exam, but I encourage them to have that discussion and maintain their relationships with

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their doctors. Aside from the pelvic examination, a yearly assessment includes many other screenings, depending on the patient’s age and individual risk factors. Other topics are commonly addressed, including STD screenings, contraception, family planning, various breast screenings, BMI and blood pressure, to name a few. Annual visits are not contested much, but the debate about pelvic examinations in asymptomatic patients may continue, and PAP screenings for cervical cancer detection probably will continue to confuse for a while. I encourage you to discuss with your doctor your specific recommendations.

Dr. Maximilian Hecht moved to the area in June 2014 and currently works as a physician at Ogeechee OB/GYN.

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ealth advice for decades has advised women to have a PAP smear examination annually. But over the past several years, those recommendations have changed.

The most significant changes include an increased focus on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and the recommended frequency of the actual PAP test (the brushing of the cervix during a gynecological examination to evaluate for abnormal and potentially precancerous or cancerous lesions).

Naturally, that leads to the question of whether annual visits are still recommended and whether those visits should include a pelvic examination (but possibly without the brush test).

The bottom line: Yes, annual visits that include pelvic examinations are still recommended for patients older than 21 by the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Naturally, this does not include patients with specific problems, such as a patient younger than 21 with abnormal bleeding or pain who might need other evaluation. But for most female patients still undergoing an invasive examination, it may not seem like much has changed. Why all the concern about the cancer screening?

Guidelines have changed as evidence has shown that the frequency of PAP tests can be decreased and still catch most significant diseases when stratifying patients by age groups.

This can lessen healthcare costs, but more importantly, this also decreases

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What Will We Wear This Spring?

Statesboro’s Newest OB/GYN

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• Board Certified, Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology • Fellow, American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology • Member Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society Dr. Hecht has joined the Ogeechee OB/GYN practice in Statesboro.

• High-Risk Obstetrics (and routine) • Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and other minimally invasive GYN surgery • Infertility, and Tubal Ligation Reversal Surgery* • Long Acting Reversible Contraception • Pap and HPV testing, colposcopy, and genetic cancer screenings • In Office Essure sterilization Most insurance is accepted

Ogeechee OB-GYN has moved. Our office is at 1310 Bramption Ave., Statesboro, GA 30458

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o on, I challenge you: Get on the Internet and see if you can find what the trends will be this spring. I don’t mean to belabor the point, but the runway styles and trends being touted by all the fashion magazines just don’t translate very well to what we’ll be seeing in Statesboro! Having already bought over half of spring 2015 clothing for Walker Boutique and just returning from the biggest gift and accessory mart of the year, I want to share some insight into what we will be seeing.

As far as color, Pantone has announced the color of the year for 2015: marsala, a red-wine color.

Don’t look for much of this color yet, though. Interestingly, last year’s color, radiant orchid, is what we are seeing in abundance in spring clothing and home accessories. There always seems to be a lag between when a color is announced and when it really makes a splash in fabrics. So, look for hues of lavender in this spring’s clothing, and find a way to bring this fresh, gorgeous color into your wardrobe to be on trend.

Beyond the clothing market, there are offerings of many shades and hues of orchid in bedding, linens and tabletop decor. Since there are so many beautiful flowers of this color, it’s not surprising that lavenders look great with shades of green and crisp white. Browsing through photos of gardens and florals on Pinterest is a fantastic way to find inspiration for your spring wardrobe and ideas for ways to mix up your current wardrobe in new combinations.

Vests were a huge hit in the fall and winter, and you’ll be seeing new versions continuing on into the spring.

Chambray, seersucker and gingham vests in pastels, especially blue and pink, will be hitting Southern racks soon. A vest is a great way to transition to spring by adding a layer while the weather is still cool. But the newer fabrics will foretell that warmer weather is on its way! Adding a monogram is a perfect touch, if you can let your vest go long enough to get it stitched.

Choosing your own font and color thread is a great way to put your personal touch on this must-have item.

Pink is always a perfect color for spring, and this year is no exception.

You also will see touches of gold this year, which gives a sophisticated flair to your accessories. Gold jewelry has been making a huge comeback for the last several years, and this year, gold

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is making its way onto clothes, home accessories and desktop items in the form of dots, stripes and other designs.

In another color direction, the nautical theme still will be strong in 2015. Red and navy are great choices for a nautical look, and both look terrific paired with white. Nautical icons also will be hugely popular, and you don’t have to limit these to the traditional navy. Anchors, compasses, life rings and rope designs also are offered on items in mint green, coral and other unexpected colors.

Other clothing items that continue to be hugely popular, at least in the southeastern part of the country, are T-shirts and spirit jerseys. There is no shortage of companies with offerings of these casual items, which makes sense, as we continue to favor more casual wear as often as we can get away with it. For a different twist on spirit jerseys this spring, look for gingham and seersucker fabrics in panels on solid cottons, which gives them an updated, fun look. In T-shirts, new designs are being offered every week, so you won’t run out of options any time soon! The market really is flooded right now with T-shirt designers, so it will be interesting to see which ones have staying power.

There is much more to look forward to this spring, but hopefully, these tips give you enough to get excited about warmer weather and fresh new color options!

For a final tip, now is the time to shop the sales. Remember, most trends stay around for more than one year, so we expect vests, for example, to still be popular next year. Now is a great time to snag a winter vest on sale, and you’ll be ready to go next fall. You can find a lot of great deals in stores and online, and there are still a few weeks left to wear your purchases now.

Local fashionista Devra Walker and her husband, Lindsay, are the owners of Walker Pharmacy & Boutique and Little Doses in Statesboro.

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Exploring the Connection

Between Love and the Heart

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earts and Valentine’s Day are forever intertwined. One of the most recognizable symbols of love is the modest heart.

A symbolic heart bears no resemblance to an anatomical heart, yet it is used to represent the deepest feelings of affection a person can share. Some may wonder just how the emotions of love became tied up in the shape of a heart, even though it’s widely known that the brain, not the heart, governs affections.

In ancient times, people believed that the heart was the center of all human emotions. Because the heart is prominently located in the center of the chest and the middle of the body, it became the cornerstone of human feelings. Love is considered to be one of the most profound and strongest human emotions, therefore it was reasoned that the feeling must emanate from the heart.

Surprisingly, the heart has not always been the only organ associated with love. During the Middle Ages, the heart was deemed a useless organ.

Followers of the Greek physician Galen theorized that the liver actually was the seat of the soul and love.

The first depictions of a symbolic

Special to MOMents heart date back to the 11th century, when the heart was drawn to resemble a pinecone held upside down with the point facing upward. The scalloped heart that is more familiar today first arose in the early 14th century. Around the same time, the heart was depicted with the point facing downward and the indentation at the base.

Naturally, as time passed and more was learned about human anatomy, it became obvious that the brain was the seat of all emotion and thought processes. However, as the brain was something intangible in a living body in ancient times, and the beating heart could be much more readily monitored — with a pulse rate speeding up when a person is excited or aroused — it’s easy to see how the link between the heart and love has endured.

Although the human heart is not bright red like symbolic hearts, that was the color chosen. Red has long been associated with passion, so it made sense to depict the heart in a bright red hue.

Many other theories have been offered regarding the symbolic heart and its representation of love.

While there’s no definitive correlation between love and hearts, the heart has become an accepted symbol of the emotion and the season of romance.

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e Southerners are spoiled, really — sweet tea, fried chicken, hospitality and “howdy, ya’ll” are just our way of life, and that includes warmer winters, even when many other places around the country are kneedeep in icy snow!

Unfortunately, along with this warmer trend that we so often see during the winter, there may be the tendency to forget that sometimes it does freeze. Temperatures are likely to dip down into the low 30s or lower at any time, and it’s important to think about this when it comes to your landscaping.

For example, beware of planting tender plants before the last frost of the season. While a lot of garden vegetables or fruits might need to be in the ground early in the year, some will not stand a chance if a hard frost comes. The best way to avoid this is

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Finally, pick the right time to fertilize.

Fertilizer actually can fatally damage the integrity of your turfgrass if you add it too early in the season, because it can cause an early burst of new stalks that may be killed by an unexpected or late frost. There’s not an absolute way to predict the weather, but we recommend waiting until you see a consistent pattern in the low temperatures before putting anything down on your lawn.

to research the plants that you want to install before you install them. It may be OK to start planting, but it may be best to stay patient and wait a while longer so that both leaves and buds will be able to stay healthy.

Additionally, if you plan on starting plants from seeds this year, make sure that you wait until the ground is warm enough to support healthy roots systems. Covering them with a blanket or sheet helps protect seeds a little bit, but damage to the tender root systems below can very easily occur if the temperatures get too harsh.

With a little planning and a little patience, you will be ready to go when the warm temperatures come back to stay!

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Bulloch Academy Loves Its Students

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ebruary is the month of love, and the faculty and staff members at Bulloch Academy love the students who attend BA. At BA, students are more than just name and numbers, from the youngest (those who attend one of the three state-funded prekindergarten classes) to the oldest (those who are among the 38 graduating seniors). Because of the small-school atmosphere, students get more individualized instruction and personal attention. Teachers and staff members are many different things to these students.

A great many of the adults even know most of the 516 students by name or sight. They challenge and encourage them in the classroom, cheer for them during athletic events at all levels (varsity, middle school and elementary), applaud them for co-curricular or extracurricular achievements, eat with them at lunch, laugh with them and cry with them.

In fact, the 12th-grade studentathletes who participate in winter sports will be honored in the gym on Feb. 9 during Senior Night. All seniors are honored once a month at the Senior Breakfast, which takes place

Jan. 24 from 8–9 a.m.

Teachers want all students (lower, middle and upper) to do their best in the second half of the school year.

Progress reports, which will be sent home Feb. 5, will reflect how their first four and a half weeks went.

We at BA want students to make wise decisions about their postsecondary education, so 11th-graders will have the opportunity to tour various colleges and universities on the annual Junior College Tour Feb. 22–24. We are also concerned for their moral and spiritual well-being, hence the Christian Learning Performances for upper- and middle-school students on Feb. 11 at noon and lower-school students on Feb. 11 at 2:30 p.m.

If you would like your student to receive this type of attention in a college-prep educational environment with excellent athletic programs, we invite you to make plans to visit the campus during Open House Feb. 18–20. Observe in our classrooms, examine our curriculum, talk with teachers and administrators, and have your student spend the day in his or her grade level.

Call (912) 764-0707 to set up a shadowing day for your student and/or for your personalized tour.

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High cholesterol levels have long been directly linked to heart disease. But as more research into cholesterol and its relation to heart disease is conducted, some doctors are shifting their views on the relationship between the two.

Statistics from the American Heart Association indicate 75 million Americans currently suffer from heart disease. And though one-quarter of the population takes cholesterol-lowering medication and reduce the fat in their diets, the AHA estimates that more Americans will die of heart disease than ever before.

New research has shown that statin drugs are ineffective at reducing mortality rates in most populations. Furthermore, according to the Framingham Heart Study, which is the longest-running and most comprehensive study on heart disease to date, it was demonstrated that cholesterol intake in the diet had no correlation with heart disease. The study found that men and women with above average cholesterol levels had nearly identical rates of heart disease compared to those with below average cholesterol rates.

Another potential eye opener is that, in addition to cholesterol not affecting heart disease risk, eating high-cholesterol foods does not elevate bloodcholesterol levels as doctors once thought. Ancel Keys, considered the “father” of the theory that cholesterol contributes to heart disease, now says that there’s no connection between cholesterol in food and cholesterol in the blood.

If not cholesterol levels and the foods one eats, what, then is responsible for heart disease? Many medical professionals and researchers now believe the primary causes of heart disease are inflammation and oxidative stress.

According to Dr. Dwight Lundell, a heart surgeon and author of the book, “The Great Cholesterol Lie,” foods like refined sugars and vegetable oils used to preserve processed foods may lead to the inflammation that ultimately causes heart disease. Inflammation is the body’s immune response to a foreign invader.

Foods high in sugar and saturated fat can exacerbate inflammation. Bacteria and other unwanted substances in the body also contribute to inflammation.

To combat inflammation, people can adopt a healthy eating style. Fatty fish, whole grains, leafy greens, fiber, and nuts can help reduce inflammation.

Exercise also can reduce inflammation. Research from Mark Hamer, PhD, an epidemiologist at University College London, found that, regardless of BMI or weight, study participants who completed 2.5 hours of moderate exercise each week - about 20 minutes a day - lowered their inflammation by at least 12%.

When a person exercises, muscle tissue releases a protein molecule called cytokine, which likely prompts an inflammation drop. Just about any type of workout that raises heart rate is effective in helping with inflammation.

The public may have been misinformed about just how vital it is to reduce cholesterol levels. Contrary to popular belief, high cholesterol may not have the same connection to heart disease as doctors once thought. In fact, inflammation may be the bigger component in heart disease risk.

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• MARCH 9: PRE-K REGISTRATION PACKETS AVAILABLE Registration packets may be picked up at the Board of Education or at one of our nine elementary school sites or three high school campus sites during regular office hours.

It is not necessary to bring the student to registration. A child enrolling in pre-K must be 4 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2015.

• MARCH 9–13: PRE-K REGISTRATION WEEK Registration packets must be returned to the Board of Education between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Late-night registration will be held on March 10 and March 11 from 5–7 p.m. To be considered for the pre-K lottery, all packets must be returned by 3 p.m. on Friday, March 13. Any incomplete applications or those received after the deadline will be placed on a waiting list.

• MARCH 19–31: PRE-K LOTTERIES The Georgia Pre-K program is limited to a specific number of student slots. A lottery is held for these slots from the list of registered pre-K students. New procedure: All lottery drawings for our Georgia Pre-K sites and the Statesboro High School program are open to the public and will be held at the Board of Education (150 Williams Road) in Statesboro.

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CHOLESTEROL AND ITS RELATION TO HEART DISEASE

A LOVE STORY

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he month of February encourages sweethearts to gush words like “soulmate” and “match made in heaven,” but the love and commitment of one local husband and wife rivals any of the great couples throughout history.

Justin and Alaina Peay, married since Oct. 11, 2008, have been through a lot and shared even more.

In fact, part of their great love story includes the detail that on their fifth wedding anniversary, Justin shared one of his kidneys with his beloved.

But their story began long before that, in high school. The first time Alaina and Justin’s paths crossed, she fell for him — literally. Alaina was walking down the hall as a timid Statesboro High School freshman.

“I had on a cute skirt and an armload of books,” Alaina remembers, then grins and cuts her eyes at Justin.

Justin finishes the story for her: “Yeah, she tripped over her flip-flop and face planted in the hall. Books and papers went flying everywhere.

“I kept on walking. I didn’t want to embarrass her,” he said.

“I had on Winnie the Pooh underwear,” Alaina added.

The Peays can’t recall officially meeting but got to know each other better when Justin helped out as a college sophomore in Alaina’s senioryear drama class at SHS. On a fortuitous day during her freshman semester at Georgia Southern, Alaina was walking to class and happened to see Justin riding past on his bike. Both remember the meeting like it was yesterday: He was biking a completely different path than usual, and she had prayed just the night before, asking for a friend to dispel the loneliness as a new college student.

“Hey, we should hang out sometime,” Alaina said to Justin.

“Yeah, you should call me sometime,” he responded.

He shared his number with her, but somehow — neither can remember how — Justin already had Alaina’s number.

That was the fall of 2005. Three

years later, the two married.

Alaina seemed to have a lot of health issues, off and on, during their dating years and early marriage, and doctors suspected that she had kidney issues. In 2012, Alaina had gall bladder surgery and an appendectomy, and just one week later, she had a minor car accident.

A thorough examination following the wreck and further testing and biopsies gave the Peays a name for her condition: Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Disease, or FSGS. They learned that Alaina would need a kidney transplant in the future.

Little did they know at the time that Justin would turn out to be a perfect match for his spouse — a rarity when it comes to organ donation.

Justin was thrilled to give his wife a second chance at a healthy life.

“For many years, all I had were my words to comfort Alaina when she was feeling ill. I’m not a doctor. I can’t prescribe medicine. But when I heard that I had an opportunity to physically help her feel better, I didn’t think twice,” he said.

With the help of the scheduling nurse in Atlanta, Justin chose their fifth wedding anniversary as the kidney transplant date, then drove home to tell his wife the good news with a quick stop by the grocery store first.

Justin told Alaina to wait by the door — he had a surprise for her.

Working methodically, he spelled out “October 11” on the sidewalk in front of their house with his grocery store purchase, a bag of kidney beans, then led his wife outside.

When he told Alaina to open her eyes, he asked, “Do you know what that date is?”

“Our anniversary,” Alaina responded.

“It’s also our kidney transplant day,” Justin answered.

Alaina wept and hugged her lifegiver.

Justin seems to have a knack for making his bride cry — but in a good way. The day before the transplant, he surprised Alaina with a vow renewal in Atlanta as they awaited surgery, and tears flowed again.

“It was more of a celebration of five

years,” Justin said of the festivities.

He secretly invited extended family members. He presented Alaina with a bouquet of flowers that her mother brought to Atlanta and said, “We’re renewing our vows in an hour.”

Justin’s dad, a pastor, performed the service, and Alaina wore a beautiful dress that Justin also sneakily procured with help from Scott Marchbanks, the owner of Frills by Scott, who donated the dress to the couple. At the reception, the couple sliced a replica of their wedding cake, though Justin wasn’t allowed to eat any because of the impending surgery.

The anniversary-dated surgery, Oct. 11, 2013, was a success, but

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recovery was slow for both patients.

Alaina, assistant manager for N Shape Fitness Center, and Justin, video coordinator for Connection Church and owner of Justin Peay Productions, which specializes in wedding videography, admit that everything they’ve been through, including issues with their health and the resulting financial strain thanks to the exorbitant medical bills, has been a struggle, but it’s only heightened their love for one another and strengthened their faith in God. “Going through all this has made my relationship with Christ stronger,” Alaina said. “I’ve learned to accept and find some good out of it, some positive, and find ways I can use it

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For many years, all I had were my words to comfort Alaina when she was feeling ill. I’m not a doctor. I can’t prescribe medicine. But when I heard that I had an opportunity to physically help her feel better,

I didn’t think twice.

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for him. God knew we were strong enough to go through this together.”

Alaina feels that their collective faith bonds and strengthens their marriage.

“His number one quality is that he puts God first, his relationship with Christ. His faith comes first. Seeing the man he’s become in Christ makes our marriage strong,” she said.

“Because we’ve put our focus on Christ and we stand firm — that makes our marriage so strong,” Justin added.

“She makes it really easy for me — a lot of laughing,” he continued. “We try not to take things so seriously.

Our whole life is filled with a lot of seriousness, so we don’t take the little things seriously.”

But Justin admits that both can

get down occasionally and ask, “Why?” Like recently, when Alaina made several visits to the emergency room in the fall and spent time over Christmas in the hospital.

A pivotal moment for Justin, when feeling discouraged because he had hoped the health issues were a thing of the past after the transplant, was when he saw his wife lying in the hospital bed, coloring pictures for the kids on the pediatric floor of the hospital.

“Such a humbling sight — she was dragging her IV pole behind her and delivering cards and pictures to kids, taking the opportunity to show God’s love to those kids.

“Our outlook has changed,” Justin

continued. “We ask ourselves, ‘How can what we’ve been through, how can we share our experience with a nurse or a patient? How can we share Christ through our experience?’”

During a recent hospital stay, Alaina’s nephrologist asked the two of them to talk to a patient in a room nearby.

“And even though I’ve struggled sometimes with the question, ‘Why did this happen to me?’ times like that make me realize, ‘And that’s why I’m in the hospital this week,’” she said.

Despite all that the Peays have been through, the couple consistently seeks ways to help others. Whether it’s sharing about their faith through the story of the transplant, ministering to other patients with similar

conditions, helping to restore marital relationships by encouraging other couples, delivering cards to children or considering adoption in the future to show God’s love to little ones, Justin and Alaina thrive when reaching out to and blessing others.

“After all God’s done for us, it seems selfish not to share our story,” Justin said. “Whether we affect one person or 100, we’re honored to be able to share that.”

Alaina said they often ask God, “Lord, what should I do next? Show me the path you want me to go down.”

Wherever that path goes, it’s a certainty that the two will travel it together, hand in hand, sharing life along the way.

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The Importance of 120 Years

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ove can be sweet, but it also can be just plain confusing — and often very funny. The comedic aspects of love are illustrated brilliantly in Oscar Wilde’s most well-known play, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” It was first performed in the St. James’s Theatre in London on Valentine’s Day in 1895.

Famous for its witty, often nonsensical dialogue, “Earnest” is considered Wilde’s best-written play.

“I would describe the language of this production as ‘brilliant,’” said Mical Whitaker, co-director. “Yet, it is easily understood. Wilde’s script will remind you of the cleverest people you know — the ones who can

make fun of you to your face without you even realizing it.”

“In ‘Earnest,’ Wilde succeeds in satirizing society while making one think seriously about it,” Whitaker continued. “This is what makes the script seem eternally current. We chose to set our production in New Orleans, instead of England, in order to emphasize this universality.”

Whitaker said Wilde understood and described real life extremely well, and this detailed understanding is what makes his characters so funny.

Each character will remind you of someone you know — or of yourself.

“Earnest” is the last play that Wilde wrote. Shortly after its opening, he was jailed, then exiled to Paris. His plays were not performed again in Britain until after his death in

1900. However, revivals of “The Importance of Being Earnest” have continued to entertain audiences for 120 years. Some of the biggest names in theater history have tackled the play’s roles, including Sir John Gielguld, Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith.

Don’t miss your chance to see this classic comedic farce live at the Emma Kelly Theatre. Celebrate 120 years of “Being Earnest” Feb. 13 and Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. Call (912) 2122787 to reserve your tickets today!

For more information about the show and to purchase tickets, or for information on any of the Averitt Center’s programs and events, call (912) 212-2787 or go to www. averittcenterforthearts.org.

Averitt Center members may receive a buy one, get one half-off ticket special with mention of MOMents Magazine!

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The Origins of Black History Month

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founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, or ASNLH. This organization dedicated itself to researching and promoting the achievements of black Americans and others of African descent.

In 1926, the ASNLH sponsored a national Negro History Week and chose the second week of February for the celebration for a very specific reason. The week coincided with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States who presided over the end of slavery, and Frederick Douglass, the famed former slave who rose to prominence as a social reformer, writer, orator and statesman.

Negro History Week proved inspiring to communities across the country, which organized local celebrations and established historical clubs to study the

Special to MOMents history of black Americans while educating others as well. The week proved so popular that, by the late 1960s, it had evolved into Black History Week. Many credit the civil rights movement for the change, which initially took place on college campuses.

In 1976, President Gerald Ford called upon the public to honor the history and accomplishments of black Americans when he officially recognized February as Black History Month.

Since Ford’s official recognition more than 35 years ago, each of his successors has designated February as Black History Month. In less than 100 years, Woodson and Moorland went from honoring the history of black Americans to joining the growing list of honorees who are celebrated every February.

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ebruary is Black History Month, a month dedicated to observing the history of the African diaspora is several countries outside Africa. The month is meant to educate people about the culture of those, including African Americans, who left Africa and to celebrate their various achievements in all walks of life.

The origins of Black History Month can be traced to Harvardtrained historian Carter G. Woodson and Minister Jesse E. Moorland.

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Spring Sports and Programs Registration

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GSU Planetarium 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Disc Golf Course Ribbon Cutting

SBCPRD Disc Golf Course $30 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.

Lifeguard Course (Session 1) Splash in the Boro $150 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

SBCPRD Disc Golf Course 3 p.m.

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67th Annual Miss Georgia Southern Scholarship Pageant

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(through Feb. 19) Mill Creek Tennis Courts, $50 10 a.m.–noon

Winter Break Tennis Clinic for grades 1–5

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Winter Break Fun Swim

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Camp Adventure for Winter Break

GSU Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m.

Statesboro Regional Library 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Honey Bowen Building 6:30 p.m.

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The Dark Side of the Selfie Obsession

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ince the early 2000s, selfies have come under fire as a narcissist’s best friend.

In 2013, the International Business Times reported that scientists had identified a link between selfies, narcissism and addiction, which prompted Time magazine’s snarky response: “How else am I supposed to derive self-worth other than posting filtered photos of my face for creepy dudes I went to high school with to save to their desktops?”

Last year, the American Psychiatric Association was the butt of a hoax involving the fake “selfie-itis,” a fictional disease relating to excessive selfie-taking that went viral online, as Forbes reported.

These days, selfies are reportedly spurring a hike in demand for plastic surgery — from botox for that engagement ring selfie to a 25 percent rise in plastic surgery for the “picture perfect” look, the London Daily Mail reported.

Recently, another unfortunate term was added to the growing list

of problems associated with selfies: psychopathy.

A survey published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences found that men who take and share a lot of selfies on social media are more likely to exhibit antisocial behavior, narcissism and self-objectification.

But excessive selfies does not a serial killer make, the study assured.

Study author Jesse Fox said that the levels that hallmark psychopathy, like narcissism, were “within average levels and not diagnosed disorders,” as Gizmodo reported.

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We have Valentine’s Day covered!

Love is in the air at the Averitt Center! We love holidays — Valentine’s Day is no exception. This month, we have two perfect date night options. Bring a friend to Paint-N-Party, and enjoy snacks & beverages, and go home with “matching” paintings! No art experience needed, just have fun together. Then join us for the Averitt STARs production of The Importance of Being Earnest, a classic comedy of mistaken identity and undying love — add a dinner downtown and enjoy a Valentine’s Day date night to remember!

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takes care of you.”

“We love you all so much! Y’all are more than a Pharmacy!

Y’all are family! Y’all go beyond for me in so many ways! Taking the extra time to check on me!”

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atalie Watkins-Cone goes by many different titles. To her middlegrade students at Charter Conservatory, she’s Mrs. Natalie, social studies teacher extraordinaire; to her husband and 6-year-old daughter, she’s Mommy of the Year. But it also might be fitting to call her the Pinterest Queen or the Coupon Guru of Statesboro. In addition to many other side jobs and do-it-yourself projects, Natalie teaches a couponing class to help people trim down their grocery bills and take charge of their finances.

Natalie started to get interested in extreme couponing in 2011. Her first attempt was done mostly out of curiosity and ended in a highly embarrassing miscalculation: She misread the day of a sale and ultimately abandoned a cart full of groceries in the middle of the store. But she soon tried again, determined to help her family save money in a struggling economy. Armed with research and a new, personalized theory of couponing, Natalie went to bat again and started to polish her strategy. The result: a $432 grocery bill at Bi-Lo for which she only had to pay $32 out of pocket.

Her success in the grocery aisle started to attract the notice of friends, church members and fellow shoppers.

People began approaching her in the middle of the store to ask if she taught couponing classes, but she never really considered it seriously until a friend tagged her in a Facebook post about couponing in a local advertising and selling group. Natalie replied with a picture of her Bi-Lo receipt, and the response was so positive that Natalie began planning classes.

Now she has a lively Facebook group page, Couponing 101 with Natalie Watkins-Cone, where she regularly

Brittani Howell posts dates for upcoming classes and where her couponing students post questions, notes and success stories.

She’s moved her classes from Charter Conservatory — where the school director, Corliss Reese, allowed her to teach classes for free — to Hobby Lobby. Each class costs $15 and includes handouts, a coupon organizer, inserts and “everything (students) need to get started.” In addition to teaching students the lingo of couponing and walking them through scenarios and local sales, Natalie also passes out her contact information. If they’re having a meltdown in the grocery aisle, she says, they can feel free to call her for help.

Natalie’s particular approach to couponing has a few unique aspects.

For one, she keeps it very local.

“I try to make it pertain to Statesboro, because a lot of those shows (like “Extreme Couponing”) show things in big, large cities that we don’t have,” she said. “But we’re growing, and the coupon policies in Statesboro work to where you can shop like that.”

She added, though, that Statesboro residents shouldn’t expect to get a grocery bill down to $0 very often.

“If everybody was able to do that, they wouldn’t have a TV show,” she said.

She also has something of an ethical code, or rules of etiquette, when it comes to couponing. She urges her students not to be demanding or argumentative with the cashier, to try not to hold up the line and to not become excessive with their couponing. She has nothing against stockpiling the essentials, but she is very against hoarding.

“I think that’s greedy — this is my personal opinion — that’s greedy, because I don’t want them to change these coupon policies. You coupon to get what you need,” she said.

And if you do end up with excess?

Then, Natalie says, you share the

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wealth. Whenever she ends up with extra spoils from her couponing trips, she donates what she doesn’t need to her church or to one of the various nonprofit groups with which she works.

Often, she’ll take in candy and soda for mini-parties with her students.

“Whatever my coupons allow me to get, I really try to use it for my students here at the school as well,” she said.

Aside from her full-time job of teaching and her part-time job of leading couponing classes, Natalie stays very busy. She coaches the school step team, which meets every afternoon for practice. She teaches drum lessons, does a little monogramming, makes handmade hair bows and sells natural weightloss products. And when her students have slow school days, like the open periods after testing sessions, she’ll teach “economics” and show her students how to coupon to get them ready for living on a college budget.

She’s a self-described “hustler” who is constantly on the go — a lifestyle, she says, she picked up from her busy,

involved parents, who are both pastors and owners of the educational nonprofit organization R.E.A.D.Y. 2000.

When she finally gets home every day, she likes to spend time with her husband, Korey, and their daughter, Akoria. Korey, another jack-of-alltrades, is the family chef who works as a barber and a freelance mural painter. Akoria, at 6, is still developing her hobbies, but she’s already proven handy at helping her mom with coupon-clipping and bow-making.

She’s also very passionate about anything girly, so mom and daughter often pretend they’re princesses.

It’s a busy life, but Natalie says she enjoys it. Teaching is rewarding, and she sees it as her duty to help empower people with new skills where she can.

“I think God has really blessed me to learn how to do different things, and I believe in using your talents in the way that he asks you to use them and to share it with others — because what good is it to hold on to it? Share it.”

Natalie’s Tips for Couponing Like a Pro 1. Know your store policies.

All store policies are not created equally, so know your policy for each location. Take a copy of it with you while you shop.

2. Don’t cut out coupons you’re not going to use. It takes a lot of effort and cuts into your shopping time. It’s also a lot of paper to have to keep up with, even with a coupon organizer.

3. Don’t use expired coupons, but don’t throw them out yet!

You won’t get far trying to use expired coupons (although you might get in trouble). However, you can donate your expired or unused coupons to the United States military, which will accept coupons up to six months after their expiration date.

For more couponing tips, resources, handouts and more, go to one of Natalie’s classes or check out her Facebook page: Couponing 101 with Natalie Watkins-Cone.

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Honey Bowen Building, Portal Community Building, Brooklet Recreation Center and online Feb. 7, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Statesboro Mall Feb. 7, 9 a.m.–noon Honey Bowen Building Piano Lessons Feb. 6–27 Fridays, call for available lesson times $20/lesson or $65/four lessons Adult Kickball League Meeting Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m.

Honey Bowen Building Brooklet Youth Tennis Lessons (ages 5–8) Feb. 9–March 4 Mondays/Wednesdays, 3:30–4:30 p.m. $45 Brooklet Tennis Courts

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Youth Tennis Lessons (ages 9–12) Feb. 10–March 5 Tuesdays/Thursdays, 4–5 p.m. $45 Mill Creek Tennis Courts

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Youth Tennis Lessons (ages 7–8) Feb. 13–March 6 Fridays, 5–6 p.m. $35 Mill Creek Tennis Courts

Lifeguard Courses: Session 1 Feb 27–28, March 1, 6 and 7 Fridays, 4–7 p.m.

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Adult Tennis Lessons Feb. 13–March 6 Fridays, 6–7 p.m. $35 Mill Creek Tennis Courts

First Flight Open Disc Golf Tournament Feb. 28, 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m. $30 SBCPRD Disc Golf Course

Winter Break Tennis Clinic (Grades 1–5) Feb. 16–19, 10 a.m.–noon $50 Mill Creek Tennis Courts

Lap Swim Monday–Friday, 6 a.m.–2 p.m.

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Camp Adventure for Winter Break Feb. 16–20, 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.

Old Julia P. Bryant Elementary School Winter Break Fun Swim Feb. 16–20, 3–5 p.m. $3/person Splash in the Boro

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Why Your Kids Should Watch You and Your Loved Ones Argue

on’t worry next time you have an argument with the kids around. They’ll be all right.

According to a study cited by The Huffington Post, kids who saw verbal arguments between family members are better at handling conflict when they’re adults.

“Children who have experienced intense and frequent exposure to family conflict may adapt to it and evaluate conflict as normal, typical or expected,” said the study’s co-author, Dr. Lindsey S. Aloia, to HuffPost.

The study specifically looked at 50 college relationships and the conflicts those couples had. Then, those same couples were questioned about their family histories and how their parents handle conflict. The researchers found those couples who were exposed to more familial arguments when young were better at handling their own relationship conflicts.

“Although speculative, we wonder if children benefit most from exposure

to family conflicts that illustrate the non-threatening nature of ethical and responsible disagreement, as well as the dangers of intense conflict,” Aloia said, according to The Huffington Post.

But arguing in front of your kids may be more complicated than that.

According to The Wall Street Journal’s Andrea Peterson, there have been psychological issues for kids who see

their parents argue too much, including depression, anxiety disorders and behavioral problems.

Some of this is caused by the topics about which parents argue.

Some arguments are too intimate or inappropriate for kids to hear, experts told The Wall Street Journal.

So, what should parents do?

According to ABC News, parents

Deseret News National should be cautious with their arguments when their kids are around and judge the circumstances and topics as best they can before disagreeing with each other.

“It would be unrealistic to say that, you know, parents should never argue or should never disagree in front of their children,” Dr. Gordon Harold of Cardiff University told ABC News. “Arguments and disagreements are a natural part of all relationships.”

Experts told WSJ that parents should watch their child’s reaction to the argument to gauge whether the conflict is worth having in front of the kid. If the child freezes, for example, then they feel they are in immediate danger, and the argument would be better held in a private setting.

“Some kids misbehave to try to distract parents from the conflict.

Other children attempt to insert themselves and try to mediate or take sides,” the WSJ reported. “All of these are signs that an argument needs to be put on hold.”

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COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT FUEL EFFICIENCY

Fuel efficiency is an important issue for car buyers, and understandably so.

Conserving fuel is good for drivers’ budgets and the planet, so the concept of fuel efficiency would seem to benefit everyone.

But just because fuel efficiency is a good concept does not mean there are not misconceptions about it among drivers and automotive professionals alike. The following are some of the more widely held misconceptions about fuel efficiency.

Full tanks conserve fuel. Many people have long believed that a nearly full tank of gas means the fuel within that tank is less likely to evaporate, and that tanks that half-full tanks are losing gas to evaporation. Though this might have been the case years ago, today’s vehicle’s are smarter than ever before, and their fuel systems are designed with vapor recovery systems so drivers traveling around with tanks that are closer to empty than full aren’t losing gas to evaporation.

Manual transmissions are more fuel efficient. Technology can once again be credited with turning conventional wisdom on its head. In the past, manual transmission vehicles might have been more fuel efficient because drivers could more efficiently control engine revving with a 5-speed manual transmission than they could with the standard 3-speed automatic transmission. However, automatic transmissions have evolved over the years, and they are now more adept at controlling revs and conserving fuel than many drivers of manual transmission vehicles.

When you fill up matters. Some drivers have long believed that filling up during the cooler hours of the day earns them more gas than filling up when the temperatures are at their peak. This theory traces its origins to the fact that liquids are at their most dense when they are cool. But today’s filling stations store their gas in tanks beneath the ground, which is why you might see a tanker emptying its contents into the ground at the filling station. These underground tanks are insulated from temperature swings, so you aren’t likely to receive any more gas by filling up in the morning than you will when filling up at night.

An old vehicle is destined to be less fuel efficient. Any product that is allowed to fall into disrepair will prove less efficient than products that are well maintained, and cars are no exception. A poorly maintained car will not operate at peak fuel efficiency because it’s likely being forced to work harder to get down the street than it would if it was well kept. But a well-maintained vehicle should not grow less fuel efficient over time.

Shifting into neutral while stopping saves gas. This is another misconception that was once true but no longer applies thanks to advances in technology. When engines still had carburetors, shifting into neutral might have helped conserve fuel by stopping the flow of gas into the engine while the car was idling. However, fuel injection systems are now computerized and capable of sensing when an engine is revving above idle. This shuts off the fuel injectors, preventing gas from being injected into the engine and preventing gas from being wasted while the vehicle is stopped as a result.

Taking steps to conserve fuel is a good way for drivers to save money and benefit the environment. However, some of the conventional means to conserving fuel are no longer viable.

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arents may want to reconsider using material goods to punish or reward their children.

A recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Research found that some parenting behaviors and tactics can make a child more materialistic as the child becomes an adult.

Researchers surveyed more than 700 adults about their childhood circumstances, relationships with parents, and the types of punishments they had as children, reported Tree Hugger.

“Our research highlights the value of examining childhood circumstances and parenting practices to understand consumer behaviors of adults,” said researcher Marsha Richins, a professor of marketing at the University of Missouri, to Medical Xpress.

According to Boston Globe Media, the researchers concluded that three parenting strategies can especially lead to an increase in materialism: 1)

rewarding a child’s accomplishment by giving him or her a gift, 2) showing affection by giving material items, and 3) punishing a child by taking away one of his or her possessions, such as a favorite toy.

Richins explained that when parents use material items, “kids are more likely

to judge their own success and the success of other people in their lives by the kinds of possessions that they own,” reported Care2.

These materialistic attitudes and patterns can then manifest themselves later in children’s lives as they become adults.

“Our research suggests that children who receive many material rewards from their parents will likely continue rewarding themselves with material goods when they are grown — well into adulthood — and this could be problematic,” said Richins, as reported by Medical Xpress.

The researchers also found an association between parental rejection and materialism, according to the Business Standard, which reported that children who felt their parents were disappointed or too busy to spend time with them were more apt to be materialistic. The adults who received childhood material rewards and punishments were

Deseret News National more likely to admire people who have expensive possessions.

Lan Chaplin, an associate professor of marketing in the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who assisted in the study, explained that parents can use material items — but in moderation.

“It’s OK to want to buy things for your children, but remember to encourage them to be grateful for all the people and things they have in their lives,” said Chaplin, as reported by Futurity.

Chaplin encourages healthy parent-child relationships to help avoid the development of materialistic outlooks and mindsets.

“Each time children express their gratitude, they become more aware of how fortunate they are, which paves the way for them to be more generous and less materialistic,” Chaplin said, according to Futurity.

“Spend time with your children and model warmth, gratitude and generosity to help curb materialism.”

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