STAYING IN TOUCH THROUGH E-MAIL is becoming more and more common. E-mail is instant and free, and a letter takes to days and costs us the price of a stamp. It’s also easy to send an email, even easier than…
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April 24, 2015 Friends and Peers
Friendships require work, compassion, and understanding. A relationship you have with a friend is completely different from a relationship with a partner or immediate family member. When we are young, it is easy to maintain friendships with people we see…
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February 12, 2015 Communication
In a relationship, words you say can hurt the ones you love terribly. If you don’t think before you speak, you may end up saying something you will later regret, or you may end up hurting your significant other. In…
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For many reasons, it is important to stay in touch with your family while you are traveling. Especially if you are traveling internationally, your parents, grandparents, siblings, and aunts and uncles may wonder what you are up to and if…
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August 8, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
TRADITIONS play an important role in connecting our past, present, and future, and linking our values and culture. Developing traditions as a new married couple should be along those lines. You may wish to continue your own childhood family traditions…
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August 8, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
In an ideal world, every person in the world would have their own spacious walk-in closet. But because world hunger and homelessness are more important priorities, I digress. Unfortunately, many people do not have their own closet, or even a…
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