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07/22/2013
Chose the Right Job, Married the Right Man I felt prompted to write to you after hearing a teenager asked your advice about choosing a career that would 'balance' family life. I, like that girl, considered becoming a physician... More >>

Tags: BudgetCareersEducationJobMarriageMorals/Ethics/ValuesParenting
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07/18/2013
Is an Office Romance a Good Idea? About 75 percent of office romances don't survive. However, a small percentage do. Here are the pros and cons of dating a coworker... More >>

Tags: CareerDatingJobRelationships
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07/18/2013
Clothes Affect Your Attitude I work in a medical office and for the past several months we have been made to wear terribly ugly polyester royal blue shirts. More >>

Tags: AttitudeBudgetFeelingsJobWorkplace
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07/16/2013
Major Inconvenience or Human Being We have two respectful, responsible, academic and moral sons ages 12 and 15. Notice I didn't say 'beautiful' - haha. Both boys spend much of their time working on school projects, playing tennis... More >>

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07/15/2013
Earning It! Money can do a lot of things- from ruining a person to making a person- in a sort of indirect way. I grew up with a very hard working dad, a stay-at-home mom, five brothers and one sister. More >>

Tags: BudgetEducationHealthillnessJobMoneyRelativesSiblingsStay-at-Home MomTeachersWorking
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07/10/2013
Running the Convenience Store I am a 'step' dad. My twins are my step sons. They are my SONS. I have close now to ten years of step parenting under my belt. Cutting to the chase, as with everything in life, we all have 'choices'. More >>

Tags: BusinessHonorJobLife LessonsOpportunityValues
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06/25/2013
We Made the Decision to Be Parents Recently, I was watching morning television as I was preparing to leave for my day when I heard a story that grabbed my attention. More >>

Tags: AgendaAppreciationAttitudeBudgetEducationFamily/Relationships - Parent/ChildGraduationInternet-MediaJobParentingPart-time workRaising kidsStay-At-Home-MomsTelevisionValues
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06/19/2013
Husbands Are NOT Burdens I had fallen into the stereotype of how a wife should act. I would come home from work and say that I was too tired for sex... More >>

Tags: JobMarriageSexThe Proper Care and Feeding of HusbandsWeddingWorking
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06/19/2013
Mean Girls at Work: How to Stay Professional When Things Get Personal A woman's guide to the new frontier of professional development-making the best of the worst situations with other women in the workplace. More >>

Tags: AttitudeBudgetJealousyJobJobsNegativityWorkplace
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06/12/2013
I Can't Choose What I Admire Most About My Father He is a (living) WWII veteran who had nightmares every night when he first came back from the war, and yet he never complains about anything. More >>

Tags: AdmirationAttitudeBehaviorDadsDeath of a parentFather's DayillnessJobJobsMilitaryMotherhood-FatherhoodRespectValuesWar
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