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letter from the editor by Beverly Purcell-Guerra While we are well past Mother’s Day, it’s always appropriate to give credit to the women whose main focus is raising families, even through they may also have careers and other demands on their time. In this issue we introduce three very special mothers. Each one has been challenged by the birth of a child with special needs – autism, Down syndrome, blindness, cystic fibrosis. Yet each one is meeting the challenge with purpose, caring and infinite love. All are working hard to ensure that their children will be able to function as productive adults in the future. Not surprisingly, there’s not much left for them in the way of leisure time or luxuries, but complaining is not on their agenda.
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Click on an image below to read more about these featured articles. July/August 06 Features:
Profile: (On The Cover) Full Circle – Erin Barry stands up for kids, a comfy home court, true love (and basketball). Erin Barry has lived in five different cities in 11 years as a result of her husband’s (San Antonio Spurs Brent Barry) professional basktball career. Erin Barry and her family located to San Antonio in 2004 amid high profile child abuse and neglect cases that were making headlines daily. With nearly a decade of experienceas an advocate for abused and neglected children, a court-appointedadvocate, and a juvenile court caseworker, Erin Barry is now working to helpoverhaul the state’s child welfare system as member of the Texas task force executive committee. (Click image to read article)
Up Front: Special Moms — When a child has special needs, moms rise to the occasion and then some. Having a child with a serious disability must be one of the most difficult challenges in life, yet many people deal with this challenge daily. Though there are resources and professionals in the community who can help, it’s often the mother who shoulders the lion’s share of the responsibilities. Three women — Theresa Diaz, Mercedes Stainken, and Elahe Smith — are profiled as shining examples of motherhood at its best as they lovingly pursuade their children to realize their maximum potential. (Click image to read article)
Environments: A Work In Progress — Alamo Heights home grows, changes with family. The Alamo Heights home of Carol and Ed Kopplow, designed by architect Fred Buenz, was built in the early 1940s. It seems, however, that the home has been a work in progress since they purchased it more than 30 years ago. (Click image to read article)
Ask Priscilla: Updating a 50s bathroom, using area rugs, advice on woodwork, the newest wall treatments. Home décor expert Priscilla Kohutek answers readers’ questions. (Click image to read article)
Women Veterinarians: Animal Attraction — Women apply caring and compassion to veterinary medicine. Compassion and intuition, two traits women are believed to have in abundance, have strong currency in the animal kingdom. In this issue of SAN ANTONIO WOMAN, readers learn about some of the city’s leading veterinarians — Laurie Sweet Richardson, DVM Oaks North Animal Hospital, Dr. Sherri Youngblood, DVM, Spring Creek Animal Hospital, Tracy S. Tommack, DVM, Traveling Tails; and Carrie Stewart Woolley, DVM, Family Pet Hospital of Stone Oak. (Click image to read article)
Biz Coach: Professionals Asking For And Getting Referrals — a systematic approach is most likely to yield results. If you really want to get serious about marketing, the key is relationship building, but doing it in a systematic way. (Click image to read article)