Clarksville Family Magazine — December 2009
The December 2009 issue of Clarksville Family Magazine weighs a Christmas puppy, turns homeschooling into scholarship, and plans the perfect unexpected birth.
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The cover feature, “When All He Wants for Christmas Is a Puppy Dog,” brings a warm, family-relatable holiday story to the year's final issue, thoughtfully weighing the joys and responsibilities of a Christmas pet — a charming, of-the-season centerpiece.
“Homeschool + ACT = Scholarship” offers homeschooling families an encouraging, practical look at turning their approach into college opportunity, the kind of forward-looking education feature the magazine's readers appreciated.
“The Perfect (Unexpected) Birth Plan” shares a candid, reassuring take on how childbirth rarely goes to script, offering perspective and comfort to expecting parents, while “Teaching Dance” spotlights a local pursuit.
A Holidays feature captures the season's spirit, and the recurring departments and photo pages round out a December number balancing holiday warmth, education and family — a heartfelt close to the year and the decade.
The recurring departments and photo pages round out a December issue that balances holiday warmth, education and family. A heartwarming debate over a Christmas puppy, an encouraging path from homeschooling to scholarship, and a reassuring take on the unpredictability of childbirth all share the same pages — the tender, the practical and the honest together. It is a fittingly warm close to the year and the decade, the kind of issue that captures the joys and realities of family life during the holidays. As the year ends, the magazine sends Clarksville families into the season a little more thoughtful, a little more prepared, and wrapped in the everyday warmth that has always been its signature. The birth-plan feature was told in an honest first-person voice, its author recalling the reaction when she announced a third child and the way she pulled from every resource she could find about natural childbirth — a candid, reassuring account for any expecting parent bracing for a plan that rarely goes exactly to script.
Table of Contents
- When All He Wants for Christmas is a Puppy Dog (p. 6)
- Homeschool + ACT = Scholarship (p. 10)
- The Perfect (Unexpected) Birth Plan (p. 14)
- Holidays (p. 18)
- Teaching Dance (p. 22)
- No Gain From Pain (p. 26)
- Nature (p. 30)
- Overweight and Obese (p. 32)
- Living a Life of Compassion (p. 38)
- Make the New Year Your Best Year (p. 40)
- Career (p. 44)
Regular departments
- Family Values (p. 34)
- Giving Back (p. 36)
- Faith & Family (p. 46)