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06/26/2013
Turning a Negative Attitude Around When I get negative thoughts in my mind, I try to hear them and catch them early. It is a battle... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Change in Attitude, Negativity, positive attitude, Thankful, Values
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06/25/2013
My Husband I live in upstate New York and we had some severe weather recently. I was out to dinner with two friends when my husband phoned me to say our area was under a tornado watch... More >>

Tags: Choose Wisely-Treat Kindly, Husbands, Marriage, Swim through shark infested waters
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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: Agenda, Appreciation, Attitude, Budget, Education, Family/Relationships - Parent/Child, Graduation, Internet-Media, Job, Parenting, Part-time work, Raising kids, Stay-At-Home-Moms, Television, Values
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06/25/2013
Not Standing By I was raised to be my brother's keeper so to speak, and because of my experience of being a paramedic I often stop at accidents to provide first-aid and comfort. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Character/Courage/Conscience, Intervention, Personal Responsibility, Responsibility, Values
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06/24/2013
Our Differences Make Us Strong The difference between men and women I think can be illustrated best by how my soon-to-be wife and I bought our house. You see for her it is a home... More >>

Tags: Internet-Media, Living together, Man's point of view, Marriage, Men's Point of View, Shacking Up, Television, Values
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06/24/2013
Actions Speak Louder Than Words Yes, I stuck around in a relationship because I thought I could change a man. In fact, I married him... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Character-Courage-Conscience, Character/Courage/Conscience, Hope, Marriage, Values
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06/24/2013
Fear of Ghosts When my niece's boyfriend, (19 years old), died of an undiagnosed heart condition, my 7-year-old son was devastated. He and Matt were great buddies... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Fear, Ghost, Health, Mental Health, Parenting, Pride
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06/21/2013
Realizing I Do Have Power Normally, I am very outgoing, talk all the time, and work very hard to keep my man happy in every way. Recently, I went through a funk... More >>

Tags: Husband's Girlfriend, Marriage
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06/21/2013
To The Class of 2013 Nineteen years ago I had the privilege of interviewing you while I was a TV news reporter in Bakersfield. I was pregnant with my second child, very sick, and woefully unprepared. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Education, Graduation, Humor, Laughter, Manners, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Pregnant
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06/21/2013
We Need to Teach Our Daughters... A friend of mine just posted this on Facebook and it immediately made me think of you and how this is the very message you would teach if you were the mother of all the daughters in the world... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Compliment, Education, Mothers, Parenting, Raising Boys to Men, Real man, Teaching, Values
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