Life Lessons From…Barbie???

    Life Lessons from . . .   Barbie???     By Sheryl Wilde   This month, we will be featuring stories about Mountain Shadows Outreach Services (MSOS).    The mission at MSOS is to open new doorways to learning through comprehensive, life-enriching experiences, including: community integration, mobility training, arts/crafts, music, sensory therapy, computer…

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Bein’ Followed by a MountainShadow

  Yes, I am bein’ followed by a Moonshadow … Moonshadow … Moonshadow Leapin’ and hoppin’ … On a Moonshadow …     By Sheryl Wilde   During a visit to a remote area in Spain, a young Cat Stevens stood quietly at the lake’s shoreline.  He had grown up on the West End of…

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Support Our Mountain Shadows Pickleball Star

  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…

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Riverside Residents: Happy Place Found Thanks to You!

  Riverside 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…

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Introducing New MSF Board Member Jason Faas

  Introducing 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…

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Pacific Coast Concert Band

Mountain 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…

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Come Back Up! Come Back Up, Elias!

Come 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

Father smiling and posing with a disabled son

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

Father smiling and posing with a disabled son

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

A man kissing his wife forehead

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…

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