Grief is something that we typically don’t want to talk about, unless we’ve been touched by it so profoundly that we cannot ignore it. We live in a world in which smallpox, diphtheria and polio have been all but eradicated….
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March 10, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
Let’s face it, marriage, in and of itself, is challenging. And second marriages? Well, they can be downright difficult at times. Statistically, the news isn’t good ; approximately 67% of them end in divorce. Certainly, there are legitimate reasons for…
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Dry skin can make the fall and winter months extremely uncomfortable, even painful. Burning, itchy skin, cracked hands and feet all are unpleasant. Every winter, if I’m not careful, the skin on my extremities will crack and bleed. The skin…
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January 15, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
I doubt there’s a woman out there who hasn’t dreamed of a spouse who looks like Brad Pitt, is as intelligent as Bill Gates, as kind and generous as Paul Newman, and as built as Arnold Schwarzenegger. But, alas, such…
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Being a stepmother (or father) is one of the most thankless jobs on the planet, and is anything but easy. It’s not a job for the faint hearted, nor is it one for the immature. I’ve been a stepparent for…
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March 8, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Very few couples enter into marriage with the idea that they will divorce over time. The maturity levels of the partners largely determine whether or not they have what it takes to work through issues, rather than to let them…
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December 27, 2013 Communication
The case of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince has underscored what is becoming an increasing problem: bullying has gone digital. Prince, if you recall, was the young girl who’d moved from Ireland to Massachusetts and was cyber taunted in the days before…
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October 6, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Men and housework. Housework and men. No matter how you say it, comes off oxymoronic. Not because men are innately, biologically incapable of housework. Simply because, as study after study attests, women STILL, even after the tome by Betty Friedan…
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August 30, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
According to the American Federation of Matrimonial Lawyers, the biggest divorce trigger is communication, and/or the lack thereof. And communication is such a “broad” term, that it’s difficult to even try and explain not only what the word itself means,…
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August 27, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
If the adrenalin rush we feel when we first fall in love could be bottled, the manufacturer could retire. There’s no better feeling than those generated when we meet that proverbial certain someone. There are actual physical changes that occur…
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August 27, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
Despite the fact that the divorce rate hovers around 50% for first marriages, most people do not enter into matrimony expecting their union to ultimately dissolve. Not only do they not foresee it, they don’t wish it, either. Yet, this…
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