If I Had My Life To Live Over

Irma Bombeck was my hero. She was my hero because she helped me laugh at myself. When she described a happening in her life the way she did, I laughed. The best part about her stories was that they were also stories about me. She did many of the same things I did or at […]

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Are You Walking Into A Fountain?

If you have had the TV or radio on in the last couple of days, you must have heard about the lady who was texting while walking. She ended up taking a nose dive unintentionally, into the water surrounding a fountain in a mall. She was fully dressed and quite surprised. The obvious lessons this […]

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What You Need To Know About Moving On

When asked, “How long does a divorce usually last?” I find myself struggling to avoid saying, “As long as people allow it to last.” I am not talking about the divorce process itself because that depends on the state where you live, your circumstances, such as children and assets and the attorneys involved. What I […]

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More Of The Same Or A Better Tomorrow?

It really is your choice. You need to make a few changes if you really want to have a new and better future. Your whole life has been made up of people and events that surrounded you, some of them for the better and some for the worse. You need to start surrounding yourself with […]

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What Every Adult Needs To Know

I keep thinking about my post from January 15, 2011 entitled A Teacher Told A Student What? I keep thinking about the reason why teachers become teachers and the fact that some of them seem to lose sight of that reason. In my opinion, teachers should foster hope and find ways to help each child […]

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Building A Dream

Today, I am not going to blog on the subject of divorce in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is a portion of a post I made in 2008: As a child, I was taught by my mother that a person’s color, nationality, religion, political viewpoint, wealth or social standing should not bear […]

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A Common Trap for Moms

So many of you are having a difficult time with your teens and preteens as you navigate through the divorce process. Unknowingly or knowingly, your children are placed in the middle by their father or you. Whether you initiated the divorce or he did, whether he broke the vows or you did, the facts are […]

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A Teacher Told A Student What?

I am absolutely speechless over something I witnessed. A middle school child I know came home from school yesterday in tears because her teacher had told her to empty out her desk at the end of the day. She told the girl to leave any library books and any other things that were the property […]

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