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How to Make Your Artificial Christmas Tree Look Better

A few days I read in someone's blog how artificial Christmas trees can look "sick".  Well, that's true.  They can.  (Then again, I've seen my share of real Christmas trees that look a little under the...

8 comments    how to christmas trees
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How A Loving, Capable, Mentally Competent, Mother Can Lose Custody of Her Children

So often I've read online articles about mothers who lose custody of their children; and so often those stories are about mothers who have had drug or alcohol problems, or else they have battled psychiatric...

4 comments    relationships children divorce
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The Empty Nest - When Your Youngest or Only Child Moves Out

As Your Nest Becomes Empty Your youngest child is leaving home. Maybe he's headed off to live on campus and pursue those dreams you've always hoped he'd have. Instead he may be happily moving to his...

11 comments    family children parents
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Veterans Day Thoughts

This is a collection of writings, thoughts, and other things that seemed appropriate for Veterans Day - in loving memory of veterans no longer with us, and in appreciation toward those who are.      I...

13 comments    america war holiday
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Middle-Aged People and Dreams

This Hub about being middle aged and following dreams (or not) is a matter of my own considering and pondering the matter. As a result, the Hub is lengthy. Pondering, after all, tends to run long. If...

10 comments    life inspiration happiness
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Domestic Violence - Leaving It, Living With It, And Living With What It Can Leave In Its Wake

Just as with being a victim of domestic violence, when the victim is a loved one there are no easy, simple, answers with regard to knowing what to do. There are cases in which the violence has been going...

17 comments    advice family violence
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Why So Many Women Are "Fat" (Someone Else's Word - Not Mine)

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This Hub is a lengthy one, but the subject it addresses is not a simple one. I know that not everyone wants to read lengthy material (particularly when there are no laughs to be had in it). ...

15 comments    women weight stress
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The Importance of Talking To, and Interacting With, Your Baby or Toddler

Recent news reports are that the Walt Disney Company "finally admits" that Baby Einstein videos are not educational, and refunds will be available to parents requesting them. For years the American Academy...

15 comments    advice how to children
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Divorce, Custody, and the Phrase, "Putting the Children First"

In divorce situations, the phrase, "putting children first," is the phrase everyone seems to use. Most people agree with the idea of putting the children first - in theory. In practice, whether or not anyone...

15 comments    divorce separation custody
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The Age of Online Writing

My reading and writing life began long before anyone had ever imagined this thing we now know as, "The Internet".My entire first year in elementary school was spent waiting for the next piece of phonics,...

19 comments    internet online writing
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