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Support Our Mountain Shadows Pickleball Star! Register for our 1st Annual Pickleball Tournament or Donate to our CARE Fund Today! Willow House Pickler, Karen. She’s the real dill!!! You can JOIN KAREN and play in our 1st ever Pickleball Tournament on October 30th at the exclusive Santaluz Club. Your…
Read MoreRiverside Residents: Happy Place FOUND Thanks to YOU! Riverside resident, Ray, delights in his first ever visit to Disney California Adventure Park. By Sheryl Wilde “Here is the world of imagination, hopes, and dreams. In this timeless land of enchantment, the age of chivalry, magic and make-believe are reborn…
Read MoreIntroducing New MSF Board Member: Jason Faas Jason Faas: Creating a Net of Safety For Families and Their Loved Ones By Sheryl Wilde The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. ~ Jacques Cousteau Imagine swimming alongside a 7-foot-long giant black sea…
Read MoreMountain Shadows Foundation Proudly Presents: A Free Concert in the Park July 20, 2023 By Sheryl Wilde “Music is synonymous with joy,” says Don King, Mountain Shadows Board Member. “It connects everybody worldwide. It transcends everything.” Don has been a member of the Pacific Coast Concert Band (PCCB) for about 10 years. He plays the trombone. Under the direction…
Read MoreCome Back Up! Come Back Up, Elias! by Sheryl Wilde He knew what he had to do. It was the hardest thing imaginable for a father to do. But he did it because it was the right, the only thing, to do. And he did it because it was a promise he made to her…
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Come Closer and Touch His Cheek by Sheryl Wilde This child of mine you stare at so, Please come closer so you will know Just who my child is and what I see When those sweet eyes stare back at me. The only muscles he has that function normally are in his face. He has…
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Chicken Nuggets & French Fries Forever by Sheryl Wilde Dylan was born with massive brain damage. Steve, his father, was already struggling with alcohol at the time. And having Dylan threw him over the edge. “The doctors, they really didn’t tell me what was going on. I just knew Dylan had massive brain damage. When…
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Riding Her Coattails to Heaven by Sheryl Wilde At last count, she’d had 24 operations in her 38 years on this planet. And he was waiting there, in the hospital recovery room with a warm blanket, after each one. “They would never let me into the operating room,” says Jeff Barnson, father of Mountain Shadows…
Read MoreCan You Feel This Smile in Your Heart? Mountain Shadows resident, Jesus, smiles with pure joy as he hugs the beautiful bouquet of flowers he made for his mom for Mother’s Day. Celebrating Mothers with Flowers Made from Love by Sheryl Wilde Mountain Shadows Community Homes – San Diego residents of Tangelo and Lemon houses…
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Finding Gratitude in the Blink of an Eye by Sheryl Wilde “Blink once for yes, or twice for no.” Heather Van Alstine, Director of Nursing, Mountain Shadows – Riverside, stands at Oliver’s bedside every morning. She leans in, waiting, watching, praying that maybe today will be the day – but Oliver’s eyes don’t move. She gently takes his…
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