September 17th, 2008
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By Amy Mahlum
My best friend from high school and I recently reconnected. I learned that she was going through a divorce and since I had been there, I have found myself a source of support for her. Her incredible need to move on, to not be alone, to replace the old with the new inspired me to take a look at my dating life after divorce and to share how dating was for me, after not doing it for over nine years.
Continue reading ‘Dating After Divorce: An Introduction’
September 15th, 2008
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By Martha Copeland
Let me direct your thoughts to this scenario. Six months ago you were in a hospital for 18 hours, in pain and feeling typically horrible. After 4-8 weeks your pain finally is gone, but there’s a new problem… you’re completely incapable of sleeping a full night. Four months later, you are finally getting a solid night of sleep, it feels amazing, but don’t think you’re out of the woods just yet. Now you are diligently trying to safeguard your home, one slip up could be disastrous. While it may not sound like it THIS is the time of your life. The investment of time and money is more than anything else you will do with you life, however, the return is so much greater! You have the privilege every morning to look upon an angel’s sleeping face, and smell the sweetest fragrance. When you hold said baby in your arms you know that you’d do it all over again; pregnancy, labor, sleepless nights, just for one more second with your beautiful child.
Continue reading ‘The Time of Your Life, Don’t Be Overwhelmed’
September 13th, 2008
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By Rachel Draker
Odds and Ends… its the title of a chapter in Anne of Avonlea and when I picked up my tattered copy the other day I noticed those three words were underlined. Why? Because my life is full of them. I stick out. I am Hawaiian/Irish/Native American.
I am a contradiction. When I was seven I asked my Grandmother how to describe my nationality for a project in school and she said, in a tone of reproach – “Just say you’re made up of odds and ends and leave it at that.”
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September 11th, 2008
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By Lindsay Gilbert Ahart
When I was 23 I would never have dreamt that I would go on a cruise to the Caribbean and find Mr. Right. Only Mr. Right was in the wrong spot. I was living in southern California, pretty much right on the beach and working in the movie industry. He was running an insurance agency right outside of Washington DC, three hours away from any beach and full of conservative,stuck up people. I thought for sure it would never work. Well four and half years later he popped the question with a beautiful ring. It was now the dilemma of who was going where and since he was running a family business I agreed to come to the DC area but only for a couple of years because DC life wasn’t for me. It’s now been a year and half since I’ve been here, I can’t say that I love it but I am dealing with it and I have learned that sometimes in life you have to just deal with things for them to get better. Or as the Rolling Stones say, “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you might find that you get what you need.”
Continue reading ‘From LA to Where??’
September 11th, 2008
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By Clara Freeman
When I was a young 20 something, men approached me on the streets with “hey georgeous!” sometimes in that bold come hither leer that only men have…At thirty, the leer became less bold… more sensual in approach. It was the slight raise of the brow upon first encounter to that softly whispered “damn girl” that becomes sunshine on a rainy day because of a perfect compliment from a total stranger…
Continue reading ‘Women Over 50 Rock!’
September 10th, 2008
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By MaryAnn Feudale
Just recently I have joined the ranks of the “empty nesters”. My daughter moved out this past April, and that was because of the birth of her daughter. I found out that my daughter was pregnant last August, and though it is a time of joy, it became a source of a lot of harsh words, blame throwing, and tantrums, all on my end.
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September 10th, 2008
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By Debbie Cluff
I was reading a recent post on twitter which said a SAHM wanting to be a WAHM. I thought those were the strangest acronyms and quickly googled them to see what they meant. I guess SAHM means “Stay at Home Mom” and WAHM is a “Work at Home Mom”. Having just gone through the program created on www.powerstrategies.tv I have now have officially become a WAHM. Amazing that finding one program, a program that actually supports being a WAHM and will discount their program because they see value in who I am, can change my life. I know you have heard this a million times, but Kim Power Stilson is the real thing and she really wants Women, Small Businesses, and Stay at Home Parents to become successful and accomplish their dreams. So about the business I have…
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September 10th, 2008
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By Andrea Coley
Most of my days are clouded together in a fog that has not risen in a very long time. I hear talk about having a “fulfilled” life and I wonder what does that feel like. My life is good. I don’t have financial wealth, but I am happily married to a wonderful man who adores me, is kind to me and is the father of our two healthy, actively beautiful boys. We are not faced with any major financial or health issues. Continue reading ‘Motherhood’
September 10th, 2008
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By Rebecca Gibbs
Every morning I wonder to myself, “Hmm, what should I write about today.” Since I start my day off with reading the Bible, I end up longing to write about what I read. Whether it’s the stories I read, or verses that stood out to me, to talking about doctrines in several Christian denominations. After my reading, I turn to my cup of coffee, (which I usually forget to drink while reading) take a few sips and then head to the kitchen to make breakfast.
Continue reading ‘About Life’
July 22nd, 2008
Posted in Celebrities by Jessica Davidson | 12 Comments »
Death may be a perfectly natural part of our lives, but they still have the ability to put us all in a state of shock. This is especially true if it’s the death of a celebrity that we have been avidly watching: be it on the big screen or the small screen.
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