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59Alzheimers, The Last Words
My father was diagnosed with early stages of dementia when he was 86. I'm not sure when the doctors started using the word Alzheimer's; same thing, I'm told. Alzheimer's is a form of dementia. Anyway, at the...
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80Why I'm Sick to Death of Men
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a hub entitled "How to Comfort a Man." Back then I still had a sense of humor. Today, I don't feel so maganimous. Today I feel like screaming. Today I feel like lining up every...
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71The Joys and Perils of being a Feral Cat Caretaker
October 16th gets celebrated every year at my house. Not a birthday, not an anniversary, it marks another kind of celebration. It is National Feral Cat Day. My husband and I are feral cat caretakers, a...
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58The Kids Are Driving Me Crazy!
Kids I have four children. So, sometimes it gets really crazy around my house. While my 17 year-old is yelling at her younger brothers, her brothers (ages 11 & 12) play fighting and screaming back at...
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69UNDERSTANDING THE ROLES CHILDREN MAY PLAY WHEN LIVING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
In all families, members may adopt (or are assigned) certain “roles” that they unconsciously play out while interacting with others in their family. Frequently, the early role (or roles) played by a child...
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58Is Your Child In Good Hands?
I really believe that most parents do a great job at raising their children and they all want the very best for them: the college we never had, the higher salaries we don’t have, the better station in life,...
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56Indulge Yourself with Homemade Spa Treatments
mike warren @ http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=812283 Pampering yourself needn’t be expensive or harmful to the environment. There are some simple household solutions to fancy spa treatments...
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50The Best Job In The World: Australian Tourism Offers $150,000 to be Island Caretaker for 6 Months
The best job in the world has just been offered! Apperantly, an Australian destination management organization called Tourism Queensland has offered the position of Island Careteker of the Great Barrier Reef...
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63The Death of a Child -- War related or not: Autism
Me with Randy and Doug in the mid 60s Preface I've started this hub, a very personal one, in the hopes that by sharing our experience you will find, first, that you are not alone in your...
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67A Review on 'The Caretaker' by Anthony Doerr
The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr is a debut collection of eight wonderful stories. Each focuses on an unlikely modern hero, often it is about a man who cuts himself off from society and detached even from...
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