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07/15/2013
Ready to Be a Father When I was in my late 20s, I worked at a board of education office and loved making visits to the preschools and the kindergarten in the small town where I lived. More >>

Tags: Day Care, Education, Family/Relationships - Family, Fatherhood, Kindergarten, Marriage, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Preschool, Relationships, Relatives, Values, Visit
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07/15/2013
What I Envy Most About My Spouse I will be married to my husband for 30 years come August. Over the years, he has gained the ability to control his anger (which used to be quite quick!)... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Marriage, Perspective
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07/12/2013
How Alcohol Affected My Life Both my parents were alcoholics. My father finally sobered up when the local sheriff gave him a choice between going to jail for fraud or to the state psychiatric facility for 6 months... More >>

Tags: Addiction, alcoholism, Facility, Health, Personal Responsibility, Responsibility
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07/12/2013
Helping Each Other When We Need It I was dropping my Mom off at her house, and I was at an intersection waiting to turn left onto her street when I noticed a man in one of those fully-powered wheelchairs... More >>

Tags: Wheelchair
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07/11/2013
Daughters Should Know How to Be Treated My husband should get the award for Father of the year. My husband really spoiled our 2 daughters and I don't mean with material things. He gave our daughters his time, attention and all of his heart. More >>

Tags: Choose Wisely-Treat Kindly, Family/Relationships - Family, Grandchildren, Grandparenting, Parenting, Relationships, Relatives, stuck, treat kindly
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07/11/2013
Funny Birth Story It was 32 years ago this October. I was in Texas and it was the first thunderstorm of the season. Yep! My water broke. More >>

Tags: Baby, Parenting
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07/10/2013
Peonies Out of the Horse Poop My daughter and I heard your monologue about life being peonies growing out of lots of horse poop. She recently had a 'horse poop' moment. More >>

Tags: Education, Graduation, High school, Horse poop, Parenting, Teenager, Teens, Uplift
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07/10/2013
Thoughtful and Meaningful Gestures Dr. Laura asked, 'What was the most thoughtful thing someone has done for you when you were sick or ill?' Here are only a few of the inspiring responses... More >>

Tags: Health, illness
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07/09/2013
Learning to 'Think Like a Man' I was listening to another SiriusXM satellite station when the host asked people to call in to find out what they were giving their husbands and fathers for Father's Day. More >>

Tags: Man's point of view, Men's Point of View, Think like a man, Woman's point of view, Women's Point of View
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07/09/2013
Life Without Cell Phones I was listening on a podcast and got a kick out of your reference to parents threatening to take away their teenagers' cell phones. You are absolutely correct that is an empty threat... More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - Teens, Parenting, Teenagers, Teens
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