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She looked at the photograph of her son. He would always be
seven years old, tow haired and missing two front teeth. Grasping
the framed photo tighter in her quivering hands, so tight that the
corners of the brass colored left impressions in her flesh, she
looked at the American flag covered…
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Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve
everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this
desire. He ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die,
having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.
There were so many things he could…
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This is what happens when the MTV generation grows up. We chronicle
our lives in lists. We count down, like the old video marathons or
Letterman's standby. We compile, rank and shuffle (that's
the iPod's influence -- we're still hip, you know). We
enumerate, therefore we are. So, what's the point of all these
lists? Is it just the emblem of our fragmented attention? Are we
too impatient for a paragraph, too addled to follow a train of
thought without mile markers? Nah. It's just that a list is a
lovely thing. Without any more distracting prose, here is a list of
our reasons to love a list: Read More »
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Call it a mantra, a creed, house rules. Call it whatever you wish,
just call it -- say it often and out loud. We're thinking of
your parenting Ultimate Bottom Line. The one thing that gives you
instant perspective, the one great simplifier, the one thing that
matters and lets everything else slip immediately away. Of course,
there could be two things. Two rules, even a whole set, of course,
work just fine. Ten is a tidy number for commandments, but it gets
a bit unwieldy for sleep-deprived parents and overwrought toddlers,
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Ever wonder why we're having a harder time parenting in
today's modern world than our grandparents had in their day?
Hyper-parenting, over-stimulated and insatiable children, and a
culture that puts the almighty dollar before nurturing
relationships is a cocktail for problems. This article shares some
of the basic ingredients that help parents understand how to slow
down, why it's important, and ultimately how to create easier
kids to parent! Who wouldn't want that? Read More »
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In this day of complex
technology, innovative gadgets and convenience at our fingertips
there seems to be lacking a most fundamental concept...simplicity.
Whether we have planned for it or never saw it coming, the current
recession has begged for our…
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By Sam!!! ;-D, on Thu May 28, 2009 11:10pm PDT
Her Diary!!!!: ========== Dear diary!,
I met him at the diner tonight.
He didn't talk much. He kept to himself and seemed let sad.
I asked him what was wrong and he
replied, "Nothing."… Read More »
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