December 22, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
With today’s frantic pace and husbands and wives rarely seeing one another because of ridiculously crammed work schedules, family responsibilities, and outside activities, it is sometimes easy to miss the signals that a marital relationship could be dead. One or…
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Many years ago, it was customary to present a newborn with a baby ring, usually with the baby’s birthstone as the focus. My husband, who is going to be 64 soon, still has his. It is preserved in a beautiful…
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It’s quite tempting to want to take a variety of pieces from your favorite jewelry collections along on trips. To have access to some of your nicest pieces when you buy a new outfit or to put on with a…
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The generations-old tradition of cleaning, folding, and storing out-of-season clothing may be a thing of the past. If you’ve got ample room to keep your summer wardrobe where you can get to it, you can easily adapt your summer clothes…
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The lure of the road beckons… “Come! Drive! Explore!” Summer is the traditional season for traveling, and some people will go by plane, train, or bus. Others will prefer to drive. We’ll use a road trip to a shore resort…
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October 23, 2014 Communication
In 1991, I introduced myself to the world of computers and modems. Though it was a fairly primitive place by today’s cyber standards, it was quite the intrigue at that time. I was thoroughly hooked on online communications within the…
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October 18, 2014 Friends and Peers
There is such a thing as an instant and unexplainable dislike of another person. We don’t understand why, or what it is about that person that causes us to dislike them. There is no apparent reason. But perhaps it’s a…
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October 18, 2014 Friends and Peers
Rude people can negatively influence our self-confidence, and at the very least, ruin our mood. However rude they are, they can only get us down if we give them the power to do so. We cannot allow them that much…
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October 12, 2014 Relationships and Family - Other
She’s 40, bright, attractive, confident, and established. She has always been ahead of her time. Since the age of 10, she has taken ‘hold of the reins of her life and has held onto them through the years. There is…
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September 7, 2014 Communication
I’ve been glad to have a great listener in my life for the past year and a half. In fact, I’ve never known anyone with more of a gift for listening. Not only does he listen, he remembers what I…
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September 3, 2014 Skin and Body
The best way I have discovered of finding great perfumes is to speak with women who are familiar with different scents – preferably the women who wear them. Personal experience is the best teacher, and a woman with first-hand knowledge…
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August 28, 2014 Friends and Peers
Ten ladies in their early 60s sit at a long table in a small-town restaurant, not far from where they all grew up and went to school together. They’ve come for lunch, something they’ve just begun to do as a…
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March 29, 2014 Friends and Peers
At different points in life, it may seem that friends have drifted away. Maybe the person who was always “on call” about every new detail of life is no longer a person who seems to care. Perhaps the old gang…
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March 7, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Many years ago, I married my high school sweetheart. We are still together, but a little more time away on our honeymoon may have left one or the other of us widowed! Our honeymoon was one long love fest punctuated…
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Breakups come in all forms. Some are initiated after a lengthy period of unhappiness, some are forced by a partner’s demands, some are permanent, and others are temporary and for the purpose of getting time away from one another. It…
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Most girls, young women, and older ladies still appreciate a chivalrous, gentlemanly, courteous escort when they’re taken out on a date. Depending on your upbringing, you may have seen this modeled for you in the way your father treated your…
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With the advent of Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and other fast-paced online social networks, came the ability to find friends and associates very quickly, as well as online romance. Being a member on a social network involves providing your profile that…
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