Caring for your elderly parents can be both rewarding and very hard. Throughout a person’s lifetime, there are many stages that parents and children must pass through. If you are lucky enough to get to the stage where you are…
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March 19, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Marriage, whether it is the first or second time, is difficult. It is impossible to put two individuals together, no matter what the degree of love that they share, without complications and disagreements. There are definitely more obstacles to concur…
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In the beginning it must be a conscious decision to dedicate yourself to being more attune to the needs of your elderly parents. It is hard changing roles from being dependent upon your parents to having your parents dependent upon…
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February 12, 2015 Communication
Whether the relationship is with a spouse, child, friend, etc., it is always important to think before you speak. Words are a valuable tool to communicate emotions and ideas. In a perfect world, they would be delivered in a positive,…
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It is hard to step out of the role of parent and into the role of friend. My oldest son is twenty-one, he has his own apartment, a full-time job, and his own life. I truly struggled with switching the…
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There have been many movies and stories based on the horrors that in-laws have inflicted upon the lives of the unsuspecting new daughter-in-law. We all instinctively know that when one of our friends starts off a story with, “Let me…
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A parent is the most important role model for a child. When children are little, parents are everything to them; caregiver, teacher, protector, the world. Children learn to behave in the appropriate way in order to receive positive reinforcement from…
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June 17, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
An addiction is an addiction, whether it is to alcohol, drugs, gambling or video games. The most important tool anyone has to help another conquer and control addiction is communication and knowledge. There are steps that must be taken in…
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Suicide should never be considered as an option for any situtation that may arise in someone’s life. An option should be a logical decision that someone makes to improve their life and the lives of the people that they care about. Suicide…
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