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Family and Community- Create Your Own

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We all try our best to be good at parenting and when you are a single parent it seems like there is even more pressure to get it right. You don’t have another influence on your child, it’s just you so you better be doing a good job. No one says that but that’s how you feel. Every day I think, how can I be a better mother? I think the best thing I can do for my child is give her a family and a community of support. Her family may not be the one she is born into … Continue reading →

Marine Leaves Life Insurance Money To Friends For Vegas Vacation

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In general, when a person gets a life insurance policy, they choose their spouse as their beneficiary. However, this is not a requirement. You are allowed to choose whomever you want. A British Marine decided to make his friends the beneficiaries, with the stipulation that they use the money on a Vegas vacation. British Royal Marine David Hart got a life insurance policy worth around $400,000 before he was deployed to Afghanistan. Sometime after being deployed, he was killed by a Taliban bomb. He gave instructions that a portion of the death benefit, (about $150,000), was to be given to … Continue reading →

Dads and Home Based Business

Father’s Day is in just a few days, and I would like to discuss some of the ways that dads contribute to home-based business success. Some dads are home-based professionals. Many men enjoy the freedom that comes with entrepreneurship or home-based work and they often achieve professional goals that far exceed what they had imagined. Some of these dads are also stay-at-home dads, balancing fatherhood and work while building close relationships with their children. It is also important to note that stay-at-home dads provide valuable support to their wives or girlfriends in their careers whether the women work outside of … Continue reading →

Are the Grandparents Supportive?

We had a family gathering today, and were blessed to have two grandmas and one grandpa in attendance. One grandma asked my son, “How’s school? What’s your favorite class?” My son replied, “Well, we homeschool.” She replied, “Yes, but you still have classes. Which one do you like best?” This launched into a discussion of math – who knew that I’d have a child who liked math – and the conversation was very positive and upbeat. Not every conversation with a grandparent will go so smoothly, though. I feel very blessed that my parents and my husband’s parents have been … Continue reading →

You’ve Gotta Have Friends

I learned a lot about support over the weekend. We held our annual walk to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in hopes of finding a cure for our daughter, Maggie. Our team, Miles for Maggie, showed up ready to go and they had raised over $8,000. It was emotional and heartwarming and I left the walk feeling warm and fuzzy. That’s what a support network of family and friends will do to you. It’s not just about their willingness to raise money, it’s about the effort they put in and the time they give to be there with … Continue reading →

Finding Friends In All Sorts of Places

When my daughter was diagnosed with a chronic, life-threatening condition – cystic fibrosis, at just 6 days old, I knew my family would be supportive. I knew I had a few close friends who would also be there when I needed them. I even expected to lose a few friends, both because I was now a mom and because seeing a sick child is hard. What I didn’t expect was to find friends in corners I never expected. The first few months after her diagnosis were isolating. It was winter in Vermont – that alone can feel isolating. But Maggie … Continue reading →

Shocking Separation: Al and Tipper Gore

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It seemed to come as a shock to everyone this week when it was announced that former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper are divorcing after 40 years together. The couple told friends via email, “We are announcing today that after a great deal of thought and discussion, we have decided to separate. This is very much a mutual and mutually supportive decision that we have made together following a process of long and careful consideration. We ask for respect for our privacy and that of our family, and we do not intend to comment further.” Gore met … Continue reading →

Pregnancy and Relationships: Introduction

There are milestones in a person’s life that dramatically impact her relationships with the people around her: learning to drive and gaining independence, going off to college, getting married, and having children are just a few. Her first pregnancy, the prelude to parenthood, has the potential to inspire, alienate, divide and strengthen the relationships in her life. How she copes with these changes can affect the bond between her and her child, her spouse, her parents, her in-laws and her friends. In the spirit of Christmas and family-togetherness, over the next few days, we’ll be discussing how pregnancy impacts each … Continue reading →

Living Close to Family

Families that live close to each other are happiest, have less cancer and less disease. This was one of the interesting points raised in ‘This is Your Brain on Joy – A Revolutionary Program for Balancing Mood, Restoring Brain Health, and Nurturing Spiritual Growth.’ And yes, I did get Mick to take the Amen Brain Scan Checklist last night. He found it interesting. His came out pretty much as I expected, with perhaps only a couple of answers differing from what I might have expected. But yes, it was different to mine, especially in certain areas. The ones to do … Continue reading →

Thanksgiving Love Stories: Be Grateful You’re Not Married to Spencer Pratt

If you’re not a fan of The Hills, you may not have any idea who Spencer Pratt or his girlfriend Heidi Montag are. Er…except it’s not right to say Heidi’s his girlfriend anymore. After breaking up during last season, they got back together this season. Worse (I say that because I can’t stand Spencer and am in the camp that thinks Heidi’s making a big mistake staying with him), news broke last night that the pair eloped to Mexico just a few days ago and are now married. None of Heidi’s family was there. Nor were any of her friends. … Continue reading →