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06/12/2013
Respect for My Mother We lost my dad very suddenly last September. It has been very difficult. He and my mom had been married for 51 years. More >>

Tags: Admiration, Attitude, Behavior, Dads, Death of a parent, Education, Father's Day, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Relatives, Respect, Siblings, Teaching, Values
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06/11/2013
The Dad Who Delivered His Own Son It was baby #4 and my labors are pretty quick. Usually the contractions build, my water breaks, and we have the baby within a couple hours... More >>

Tags: Dads, Father's Day, Importance of Fathers, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy
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06/11/2013
Memories of My Father My dad was a hard worker. He was a dairy farmer and we had 50 milking cows, plus many more steers and calves More >>

Tags: Behavior, Dads, Death of a parent, Father's Day, Grateful, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Respect
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06/11/2013
What I Learned From My Father I am an intense person who doesn't like to do anything half-way just like my father. I don't like to give up... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Dads, Death of a parent, Father's Day, Grateful, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Respect
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06/10/2013
My Dad Parented Someone Else's Child - Me I am referring to my 'real' dad, the one who raised me. Not the bio-dad who bailed when I was 8... More >>

Tags: Faith, Father's Day, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Religion, Values
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06/10/2013
Daddy's Advice to Live By Daddy died on Labor Day 3 years ago. He was a man of short statute but he was bigger than life with a booming voice. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Behavior, Dads, Death of a parent, Father's Day, Grateful, Integrity, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Respect, Standing Up
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06/10/2013
Real Men Are About so Much More Than Themselves Thought you might like to see a letter to my father-in-law. This falls in the category of men teaching their sons well... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Character/Courage/Conscience, Education, Family/Relationships - Family, Father's Day, God, Grandparenting, Importance of Fathers, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Relatives, Religion, Teaching, Values
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06/07/2013
Why We Didn't Shack Up Before Marriage When my husband and I became engaged, we shared our news with everyone in our lives. People we knew who were happily married were excited for us. However... More >>

Tags: choose wisely - treat kindly, Choose Wisely-Treat Kindly, Commitment, Family/Relationships - Family, Living together, Marriage, Relatives, Shacking Up, Shacking-Up, Wedding
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06/07/2013
Surviving Betrayal I am surviving betrayal (not easy) and worse, it is family turning against me to take my mother's side. More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - Family, Friends, Friendships, Morals/Ethics/Values, Relationships, Relatives
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06/07/2013
My Hardest Goodbye I just want to cry thinking about it. I had to say goodbye to my daddy just a few months after getting engaged. More >>

Tags: Death of a parent, Family/Relationships - Parent/Child, Parenting, Relationships, Wedding
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