Author Archive: Pat Lunsford
Pat Lunsford
January 26, 2015
Dating
How to ask a classmate for a date seems to be a question many students are asking. College students are studying hard to make a good life for themselves and many are so preoccupied it’s hard to approach them. There’s…
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Pat Lunsford
January 26, 2015
Dating
The question of who should pay on the first date bothered me a great deal for the longest time. The reason I was so troubled over this was because of a conversation I was in with a group of casual…
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Pat Lunsford
January 26, 2015
Dating
The first date is usually a time when two people get together to determine whether there is any real chemistry between them and is therefore crucial in trying to establish a relationship. First impressions when meeting someone are very important…
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Pat Lunsford
January 18, 2015
Skin and Body
Jock itch is a fungal infection which is not particularly serious but can be extremely uncomfortable. The cause is usually excessive heat and sweating. Tight-fitting underwear traps heat and sweat which provides the right conditions for a fungal infection, not…
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Pat Lunsford
January 16, 2015
Crisis Support
How do you support a grieving friend? The obvious thing to do of course is to listen patiently, giving a sympathetic acknowledgment now and then, especially if you’re communicating by phone. Let your friend know that you are indeed listening…
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Pat Lunsford
January 8, 2015
Dating
How do you know when it’s time to end a relationship? Most of the time, people stay in bad relationships way too long, hoping it will go back to the way it was in the beginning. The truth is, several…
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Pat Lunsford
January 6, 2015
Hair
Coloring your hair at home is basically simple if you plainly follow the directions. Whether you get your hair color from a supply store or a department store, they all pretty much work the same way. There are usually two…
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Pat Lunsford
January 2, 2015
Skin and Body
Home remedies for dry calloused feet involve the right moisturizers, a pumice stone, and regular soaking. Actually, any podiatrist will tell you to leave them alone because they are there for a reason. Callouses form when excess wear and tear…
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Pat Lunsford
December 19, 2014
Skin and Body
Spending hard-earned money on expensive facial treatments is unnecessary as there is a proven method that works just as good and perhaps even better but costs much less. Daily face washing is a must but facials should not be done…
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Pat Lunsford
December 15, 2014
Crisis Support
How to help in times of crisis or catastrophe depends of course on the tragedy. However, the best possible help you can offer is to stay calm and help to calm any victims. The initial reaction to most catastrophes is…
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Pat Lunsford
December 15, 2014
Crisis Support
The best way to look after your family in a disaster is to be prepared for it. Regardless of the type of disaster, the basic necessities for survival are food, water and shelter. Every family needs to have an emergency…
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Pat Lunsford
December 8, 2014
Dating
Speed dating was one of the most fun activities I had ever participated in. You have got to try it at least once. I had eight mini dates in one night. It was awesome! I met some of the most…
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Pat Lunsford
November 30, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Falsely accusing a faithful spouse of cheating is no small matter unless cheating has been a problem before; in which case the falsely accused spouse is simply reaping the consequences of past sins. When people betray the trust given to…
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Pat Lunsford
November 29, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Rebuilding trust in a marriage damaged by infidelities is very difficult. It will take time to sort out all of the feelings and emotional pain associated with this type of betrayal. Perhaps one spouse cheated and the other decided to…
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Pat Lunsford
November 6, 2014
Crisis Support
Reasons for choosing cremation instead of burial vary widely, but the most common reason seems to be the difference in costs. The average funeral of today costs anywhere from six to ten thousand dollars, which makes it the most logical…
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Pat Lunsford
November 3, 2014
Skin and Body
Bar soap vs. body wash can actually be a highly debatable subject. Don’t believe it? Bring it up at work among a group of coworkers. Ask them which they prefer and you might be surprised to learn that there are…
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Pat Lunsford
September 20, 2014
Family
Dealing with children reluctant to move out takes an enormous amount of patience and understanding. Persuading children of appropriate age to leave the home in search for independence when they’re not ready can, and usually does, lead to failure. Consequentially,…
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Pat Lunsford
September 17, 2014
Hair
Hair loss in abnormal proportions is a huge concern for a number of people. Shedding up a hundred hairs per day is considered typical. Normally, most people experience some type of hair loss by age fifty, but there are others…
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Pat Lunsford
September 6, 2014
Skin and Body
Those embarrassing bumps, surrounded by a red rash of irritated skin is not only something you don’t won’t anyone to see, but razor rash stings, burns, and itches, especially underarms and bikini areas. On top of that, we tend to…
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Pat Lunsford
August 20, 2014
Skin and Body
Crows’ feet can add as much as ten years to your appearance and can slip up rather suddenly. You may have had them for a while yet never really noticed them until the day they jumped right out at you…
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Pat Lunsford
July 21, 2014
Dating
A coworker came to work one morning carrying on about a speed-dating event he had attended. At first, it sounded like a bunch of nonsense. He said that about a dozen or more people got together in a room and…
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Pat Lunsford
July 18, 2014
Skin and Body
Derma fillers are injected into the skin to add volume rather than stretch the skin as with plastic surgery. The most popular alternatives to surgery, derma fillers can increase lip volume, raise lip corners, fill in lines around the nose…
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Pat Lunsford
July 5, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
The most frequent cause of divorce today is fairly obvious if you look back at the 50’s and 60’s. Our lifestyles have changed dramatically in just the past 50 years and along with those changes came a lot of stress….
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Pat Lunsford
June 22, 2014
Hair
When you’ve cut your bangs too short, the thing to do is accept it. Don’t try to save your bangs by trying to shape them. Trust me, you’ll only make a bad situation worse. Simply put the scissors away and…
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Pat Lunsford
April 27, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Infidelity is one of the most difficult trials a man and wife could ever go through. The one who was cheated on carries an enormous amount of pain that only God can fully heal. The images alone are enough to…
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Pat Lunsford
March 9, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
Christian marriages are just as vulnerable to problems as the marriages of unbelievers, and perhaps even more so. Satan walks about seeking whom he may devour. Those who are not Christians are already being influenced by him so of course…
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Pat Lunsford
January 14, 2014
Marriage and Divorce
The future of love and marriage in the United States seems to have taken a different path than that of just a few decades ago when one’s primary concern for the future was to pursue a career, find the perfect…
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Pat Lunsford
November 19, 2013
Dating
Recovering from a broken heart is a painful process. The relationship didn’t develop overnight so the recovery won’t happen overnight. The intimate moments, good times, things you shared together, are etched into your mind, torturing your broken heart. You struggle…
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Pat Lunsford
November 9, 2013
Marriage and Divorce
Everything dear and precious to Kenneth was lost in a single moment. Never in a million years would he have believed either of them capable of what they did. Kenneth and Barb had the perfect marriage. She was his best…
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Pat Lunsford
August 11, 2013
Marriage and Divorce
There are those who believe that cheating satisfies the “itch” couples sometimes get after being married for any length of time. This is simply not true. Cheating does not save a marriage. On the contrary, it could destroy what there…
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