Clarksville Family Magazine — February 2015
The February 2015 Clarksville Family Magazine speaks the language of love, takes heart risk factors seriously, and returns the Father Daughter Ball.
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“The Language of Love” set a warm Valentine's tone, exploring the many ways affection is expressed and understood, while “The Valentine's Day Project” added a hands-on way to celebrate the holiday.
Fittingly for American Heart Month, the issue urged readers to “Take Your Risk Factors to Heart,” laying out the warning signs and lifestyle changes that protect cardiac health, while “Diabetes by the Numbers” put the scope of that condition in stark, useful perspective. The health pages also addressed “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,” a common and often misunderstood ailment. The Father Daughter Ball returned as one of the community's most cherished traditions — a dressed-up evening that turns an ordinary February night into a memory a daughter carries for a lifetime.
The recurring departments round out a February number that treats the heart in every sense of the word — celebrating love while quietly reminding readers to protect the organ the season is named for, pairing romance and realism the way the shortest month rewards.
A Giving Back feature made a quiet, practical case for hair donation. Hair is bound up with who we are, it observed — we plan it for events, change it for a fresh start, even describe strangers by it — which is why its loss is among the most devastating effects of cancer treatment. And it takes only eight inches of donated hair, the feature explained, to make an enormous difference in the life of a woman going through that treatment, turning a simple haircut into a genuine gift.
Table of Contents
- The Language of Love (p. 12)
- Take Your Risk Factors to Heart (p. 18)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (p. 20)
- Father Daughter Ball Returns This Month (p. 28)
- Diabetes by the Numbers (p. 32)
- The Valentine's Day Project (p. 36)
Regular Departments
- Giving Back (p. 6)
- Spotlight (p. 24)
- Campbell Families (p. 35)
- The Fridge (p. 40)
- Family (p. 42)
