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Someone Special! - - Michael Moody
Have you ever had an event change your life so much you thought it was unreal? Well I Did! I had someone enter my life that changed me forever. At first sight, touch and kiss it was everlasting love for life. He treats me like someone has never treated me before. He treats me better then my... Submitted 13 days 2 hours ago.

Tips For Parents With Oppositional Teenagers - Karen Vincent
Does your teen have Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) or do you suspect they do? If so, they will respond differently than most teens when you try to set limits or implement consequences. They will often rebel and will challenge you more, disregard rules more and sometimes eve Submitted 14 days 1 hour ago.

Five Keys to a Happy Marriage - Nancy Travers
These tips are designed to make life and marriage a little easier, but by no means will they solve all of your issues in one swing. If you need to talk to someone, please consult a professional counseling. Many people that get married first marry for passion and the “in-love”... Submitted 5 days 6 hours ago.

Diet Pots - - Linda Gray
The most important step to having a healthy body is to eat healthy food. What better way than to grow your own diet in a pot. Many fruits, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers can be grown in pots on a balcony or a patio and some can even be grown successfully on a windowsill. Use decorative... Submitted 4 days 14 hours ago.

Be Resilient - Thrive And Be Happy In An Uncertain Future - - Alan Detwiler
Nothing is as certain as change. But no one can know just how much things are going to change - and how fast. History gives us some insight. Wars, plagues, famines, political upheavals... they all seem remote partly because, for most of us, we did not directly experience them. But they did happen... Submitted 9 days 16 hours ago.

The Circle of Life - Brianna Popsickle
We’d been driving for a while. Neither of us said a word. My husband’s eyes were fixed on the road ahead, while I glanced out the passenger window. Suddenly he broke the silence. “Can you believe we’re doing this? he asked. “Not really,” I answered.... Submitted 28 days 3 hours ago.

White Wicker and A Whole Lot of Love - Brianna Popsickle
When my parents retired, we gave them white wicker rockers and a table for their front porch. Over the years, many wonderful memories were created there. When I visited, I’d have early morning coffee and late afternoon beers with my dad on that porch. Somewhere in between, my mother and I... Submitted 42 days 5 hours ago.

A Fathers’ Pride - MKDS
There are many reasons of which I can look back with a smile on my life; the people that I have met, the good deeds I have carried out, great memories that my eyes have seen during my journey in this world. Growing up as a son, a brother, a friend, my walk of life has taken me through some very... Submitted 57 days 9 hours ago.

Do Not Try to Sit on Your Coke Bottle - Dianne Lehmann
Have you ever wondered what engendered some of the seemingly ridiculous warnings and precautions in instruction manuals? Mostly I imagine they are occasioned by the American tendency to sue anyone and everyone for their own stupidity. I once wrote an article to the effect that you cannot... Submitted 80 days 5 hours ago.

An Automobile in the Living Room - Jack H. Schick
Disappointingly, the Pipersville Free Library is closed until further notice. The president of the library’s board of directors, Maureen Harvey said, “We’re hoping not too long,” but it probably won’t be open for at least another couple of weeks. The library is... Submitted 123 days 9 hours ago.

Looks like a Tomato - Liesl Garner
After I have read stories, sung songs, and tucked into bed my two little guys, my seven-year old says, "You know what's wierd?" We are hugging goodnight, and once again, he has made up another ritual for bedtime, prolonging the inevitable of sleep. He reminds me of his older brother, who, when... Submitted 125 days 19 hours ago.

In the Kitchen with Dianne - Dianne Lehmann
Whenever I'm in the kitchen, it's kind of an adventure. I make it up as I go and I've been lucky. Much of what I make is edible (these days) even though I ignore, for the most part, recipes and measuring cups and the like. It wasn't always so though. When Bernd and I were first married, I... Submitted 152 days 7 hours ago.

The Poison Fish Incident - Jack H. Schick
I like to think I’m a compassionate guy. I suppose most people like to think the best about themselves, though. I realize that I sometimes fall short. After all, none of us is perfect. My wife, on the other hand, thinks I am consistently and invariably an insensitive jerk. I often take... Submitted 168 days 10 hours ago.

Enjoy An Old Favorite Apple Cake Family Recipe - - The Old Gray Mare
We are blessed with wonderful crops of apples in New England starting in mid-August. Orchards produce bountiful harvests of apples in countless varieties, and “put them to sleep” in cold storage until they “wake them up” for sale midway through winter and beyond, right up... Submitted 171 days 22 hours ago.

This Is My Family and What They Mean To Me: Part Three - Jennifer Stewart
This is Part Three of a series of three articles. For Parts One and Two click the links at the bottom of the page. Fast forward again to about four months ago. I’d had over ten years in therapy of being given, over and over and very consistently, a broad and all-encompassing experience of... Submitted 220 days 9 hours ago.

This Is My Family and What They Mean To Me: Part Two - Jennifer Stewart
This is Part Two of three articles. For Part One, click the link at the bottom. Fast forward to the age of 31. My attempt to find a way to be happy and make something of my dreams, go somewhere meaningful with my lust for life, had failed. I was a broken young woman living in Italy, and I came... Submitted 221 days 15 hours ago.

Simple Steps To Make Cut Flowers Last Longer - - The Old Gray Mare
Your loved one brings you a delightful bouquet of flowers. They are a surprise and you want them to last as long as possible. In your mind you review some of the steps to take to enjoy their beauty a little longer. You remember the Martha Stewart Show that discussed making the most of cut... Submitted 228 days 19 hours ago.

My Grandmother And Her Secret Plan - - Hilda Cang
When I was about 7 or 8 years old, my grandmother said to me, out of the blue, " Mei Mei (rhymed with May May) or simply means Girl Girl, tomorrow Po Po bring you and your sisters (3 of them) to the gold shop downtown . I want to see some gold. " Jewellery she meant ? I nodded my head in... Submitted 245 days 9 hours ago.

My Grandpa – With Two Horses on Two Continents - Christofer French
When I was 12 I had my last conversation with my maternal Grandfather. He died the next year. I went to his funeral on a cold March day. The weather was blustery and cold and seemed to be ordered perfectly for the ceremony. Later that day, it started to rain, and I looked out of the window with... Submitted 247 days 7 hours ago.

What Grandpop Taught Me - Jack H. Schick
I wasn’t allowed to get my tonsils out because of my grandpop. They laughed at me in fourth grade when the teacher read our kindergarten attendance records. I won the contest, according to my buddies, by missing 50 days. The doctor wanted to take them out so I would quit missing school with... Submitted 248 days 1 hour ago.

I Missed Out On the Countless Blessings of Grandparents - - The Old Gray Mare
I really did miss out – not having grandparents! Observing my generation of people in stores, traveling or simply having lunch at McDonalds with their grandchildren reminds me that I missed out on a chunk of life. I think grandparents are the best thing going for families with youngsters... Submitted 249 days 6 hours ago.

I Yelled At My Mom - Jack H. Schick
When she got real old, my great-grandmother moved into my grandmother’s house. My grandfather was already dead so there was extra room there. To me, as just a kid, she didn’t seem to be much trouble. She just sat in a chair up in the spare bedroom. She hardly ever said anything. Half... Submitted 269 days 10 hours ago.

Bad Babysitters - Jack H. Schick
Back in our child rearing days both my wife and I worked full time jobs. That was a long, long time ago now, I hate to admit. I worked rotating shifts—dayshift one week, nights the next and evenings the next. My wife worked straight second for a while then straight nights. The kids had... Submitted 269 days 23 hours ago.

Against All Odds Part Three: Breaking the Cycle - Teresa Ortiz
The tears were there before I realized it. With the truck loaded, he drove away - part of me wanted to run after him, the other part knew this day would come; the boy in my life would become a man. ~~~~~ I knew we were in trouble as parents when my husband couldn't figure out how to put a... Submitted 326 days 8 hours ago.

Against All Odds Part Two- My Son's Story: From Struggling Through School to Victory in Tech School - Teresa Ortiz
My son was diagnosed with a mild case of dyslexia in the 5th grade. This was quite frustrating for him because it was so mild that it was often overlooked by some of his teachers as being lazy or sloppy - and sometimes by my husband and me. We never used it as an excuse to go easy on him, but at... Submitted 357 days 20 hours ago.