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1.	Bookmarks: 0	What Your Mother Never Told You About Income Investing: Twenty Questions (1 thru 6) Investors are a very dependent group of people, particularly now that most employed persons have been given the responsibility of directing their own savings and investment programs for retirement. Mother Wall Street has monopolized this huge market, and nursed its children first on Mutual Funds and now on derivative betting mechanisms they call index ETFs ---the unhealthy investment equivalent of a diet of fast food, limited protein, and high energy fusion products.
2.	Bookmarks: 0	What Your Mother Never Told You About Income Investing: Twenty Questions (16 thru 20) But, and this is about the biggest news in the history of the financial markets, news that was totally ignored by the financial media: the income generated by taxable income CEFs (other than REITs and mortgage heavy investment funds) actually increased during the financial crisis. The same result was experienced in the Tax Free arena, but with no exceptions at all.
3.	Bookmarks: 0	What Your Mother Never Told You About Income Investing: Twenty Questions (7 thru 15) Investors should certainly know the basics about what they are doing. Corporations raise capital for their operations by issuing common stock, or shares of ownership in the company. They also raise money by borrowing from banks, insurance companies, and the public through the use of debt instruments called bonds, debentures, notes, and others.
4.	Bookmarks: 6	Mysteries of language development in children You can don the mantle of a teacher to optimize learningSince ancient times, parents have held a child’s hand and taught him or her everything they know. Skills and ways to earn a living were handed down from father to son and mother to daughter. In the fast paced and ever changing world of today, you must know how a child learns in order to help it develop appropriate language skills.
5.	Bookmarks: 0	Our Own Homes Are The Mother Of All Tax Shelters When it comes to tax shelters, there’s no better or safer place than our own homes. There are a vast number of companies out there spending a lot of money on advertising trying to convince us that we should be sending our hard earned dollars to some island in the sun, where (for a nice fat fee of course) they will keep our money safe and out of the hands of the IRS. Most of these programs, for lack of a better word, are illegal or at the very best not as tax efficient as the ...
6.	Bookmarks: 0	Scotland travel guide The charisma and aura of the European country Scotland is unknown to none. It is the land, which was a surface to numerous significant historical battles, is the mother of cherished sport ‘golf’ and is globally appreciated for its Balmoral Castle
7.	Bookmarks: 2	Father Knows Best: The Story of an Inventor They say necessity is the mother of invention. In at least one notable case, it served as motivation for a resourceful father as well.
8.	Bookmarks: 5	The Fine Art of Juggling Business and Motherhood for Mom Entrepreneurs It is not easy to juggle business and motherhood but here’s a story of how one mom managed to do both.
9.	Bookmarks: 0	Mothers And Kids Deal With Anxiety “Perfect Madness: Motherhood In The Age Of Anxiety” is a good study on the effects of society and the pressure it places on parents. However, it only touches upon test anxiety, which is an increasing problem among schoolchildren.
10.	Bookmarks: 0	How To Be A Woman Of Distinction Most people think Mother Theresa started off this wonderful, compassionate person. She didn't. She started a school teacher, one day walking down the streets of Calcutta she had an experience that little did she know it would change her life forever.
11.	Bookmarks: 0	Growing Number Of Parents Urging Contacts-Wearing Kids To Have LASIK Vision Correction It's normal for parents to be concerned about their children's health and well-being. But Tammy Crane, mother of 21-year-old Garrett, took a more active route--something she could do for her son that would have both of them worrying less.
12.	Bookmarks: 0	Blaming Our Parents Is Easy It’s easy to blame our parents for how we are:How can I be successful and happy when my father always told me I wouldn’t amount to much?My mother was never a role model for a happy, healthy woman.No one ever showed me love when I was a child, so how can you expect me to have good relationships now?I was sexually abused by my father so everything’s wrong with my life now.No one ever expressed emotions in our family; they still don’t, so don’t expec...
13.	Bookmarks: 0	Boundaries And Addictions Many of us have experienced difficult relationships with someone or with several people who have been addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling, or some other unhealthy pursuit. How might we deal with these difficult relationships, recognize them early, and prevent such relationships in the future?My own dear mother was unfortunately alcoholic. One day I realized something vitally important:Just because you love someone, doesn't mean it is healthy to be near them.It is...
14.	Bookmarks: 5	I Made It Through With Calculators I was never one of those students for whom schooling came easily. On the contrary, there were several significant factors to which I owe deep gratitude for getting me through high school and then my years at university. The first and most significant factor that contributed to and I'd even say caused my eventual success in academia was undoubtedly my mother. She was a constant source of encouragement and confidence for me. Another source of inspiration for my studies came fro...
15.	Bookmarks: 0	Weight Loss After Pregnancy - What They Didn´t Tell You! Sarah is a pregnant mother of three who continues to breast-feed her 18-month-old. After each of her pregnancies, she has had difficulty losing weight. With all of her responsibilities, weight loss isn’t a priority. Still, she wishes that, once this pregnancy is over, she will be able to return to her pre-marriage weight. The average woman gains more than 25 pounds during her pregnancy. The procedure of childbirth may result in a weight loss of up to 14 pounds, wh...
16.	Bookmarks: 0	The Secrets to Weight Loss After Pregnancy Sarah is a pregnant mother of three who continues to breast-feed her 18-month-old. After each of her pregnancies, she has had difficulty losing weight. With all of her responsibilities, weight loss isn’t a priority. Still, she wishes that, once this pregnancy is over, she will be able to return
17.	Bookmarks: 0	Sum of Its Parts I just spent a week at the beach with my family and, as much as I vowed not to think about work, stumbled onto a highly relevant lesson for marketing professional services.It was actually my mother who inspired this lesson, thanks to the following beachy quote she had on the refrigerator:
18.	Bookmarks: 6	Overcoming Touch Deprivation From the time you were a newborn how well you thrived depended in large part by how much you were lovingly touched.I was born two months premature in Trinidad in 1965. I was only 4 pounds and had to be in an incubator for my first few weeks of life. The doctors told my mom not to get attached to me because I only had a ten percent chance of surviving. My mother didn’t believe them.And touched and loved me and willed me to live. And live I did. I grew into being a 6’3”...
19.	Bookmarks: 0	Wall Hanging – Creating A Memory Quilt You could recreate pieces of clothing into a valuable artwork and a souvenir. This could be perhaps the greatest gift you could either give or get as a mother. You could easily create your memory quilts with the assistance of several local quilt shops. These offer quilt-making classes from beginning to the end, provided you already know the usage of a sewing machine. If sewing and quilting is not exactly your forte, these shops may help you to find someone who will allow you ...
20.	Bookmarks: 5	Gardening Your Personality: The Greens Of Growth Many gardeners are the nurturing type: just like Mother Nature. People say they have “green thumbs” because they can make anything grow. Is your personality the growth type? Are you the kind of person who wants to see others grow and develop? If so, you probably love to be around children and, though you are exhausted at the end of the day, you feel like it is all worth it if you have helped other people. So is there green in your garden?It seems to be a silly question: i...
21.	Bookmarks: 3	Find Peace And Happiness Through Gardening Gardening is a wonderful and relaxing hobby enjoyed by many all over the world. People who enjoy gardening often feel a deep-rooted sense of calm and tranquility, and they also forge a stronger connection with nature.There are many types and forms of gardening. Organic gardening is a unique method of gardening and allows the gardener to really bond with Mother Nature. Organic gardening really gets down to the basics of growing fruits and vegetables, using only what Mother...
22.	Bookmarks: 1	Families are Beautiful It's nice when the whole family spends time together. You share a special bond between one another that cannot be recreated with anyone else. Father, mother, sister, brother, you all belong to each other in a special way.
23.	Bookmarks: 3	Mother Nature Loves an Oakland Garden It does not pay to get Mother Nature mad at you! It does pay to make her happy. This article discusses how to bring Mother Nature into your home through the use of the gardening style known as an Oakland Garden. Using this style of gardening brings in the birds, butterflies and a lot of happiness
24.	Bookmarks: 0	Why Every Gardener Needs A Garden Shed One of my all-time favorite hobbies is having a garden each year. I think my love for gardening started when I was a little girl spending summers with my grandmother and helping her take care of her large vegetable and flower gardens. I love the feeling of getting dirt in my fingernails and of seeing healthy vegetables and beautiful flowers grow from the tinest seeds. My grandmother taught me a lot about life and about gardening during those summers. One of the main things I ...
25.	Bookmarks: 3	The Garden Beckons Spring is around the corner. Soon, Mother Nature will wake up from her winterslumber and brings out new growth and new life to this world.
26.	Bookmarks: 0	Abdominal Chemo Increases Ovarian Cancer Survival Rate A large clinical test shows that giving chemotherapy directly into the stomach, as well as into a vein, can improve survival of women with advanced ovarian cancer by about sixteen months. The results of the study, which pop up in this week's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, prompted the National Cancer Institute to issue a statement supporting doctors to employ this plan of attack for appropriate patients.
27.	Bookmarks: 0	The Benefits Of Pregnancy Massage Whilst pregnancy is a time for a mother to really bond with the child she is carrying, it can also cause all sorts of physical aches and pains. As your pregnancy progresses and your stomach enlarges, the backaches and joint sores will only get worse. Having a massage can greatly alleviate these pains and is something all pregnant mothers should consider.What is a pregnancy massage?Having a massage during pregnancy differs from a normal massage as the masseuse performi...
28.	Bookmarks: 0	Prenatal Massage Pains and aches are part and parcel of every pregnancy. Physical discomfort, muscular tensions, headaches, backaches, pains occur due to increase in weight, shifting posture and hormone levels. Pre natal massages aim to improve circulation, alleviate aches and pains, eases muscular tensions and other pregnancy related symptoms, perking up expectant mother’s mood and mental attitude.Stress related areas which demand attention are back, neck and shoulder. Massaging the legs...
29.	Bookmarks: 0	Hot Tips To Prevent Hair Loss! While Androgenetic Alopecia is the number one reason why individuals experience hair loss, it is not the only one. Medical conditions such as hypothyroidism, ringworm and fungal infections can cause hair loss. Certain medications such as blood thinners, gout medication, birth control pills and too much vitamin A can cause sudden or abnormal hair loss as can following a crash diet, sudden hormonal changes, chemotherapy and radiation. If you are taking prescription medications,...
30.	Bookmarks: 0	Grandma’s Herbal Remedies For Infants And Children Once upon a time, we used to turn to our parents or grandparents when something was wrong with our little ones. More often than not, now we turn to our doctors. Unfortunately, our doctors were never taught what our grandmothers learned from their mothers, methods that have been tried and true for centuries. Here is a not-so-complete list of some of my favorites passed down from my Grandma. ADD – Grandma didn’t call it this back then, but that’s probably what it was. Aside...
31.	Bookmarks: 0	Early Pregnancy Back Pain Early pregnancy back pain is a normal phenomenon in early pregnancy. Most of the expectant mothers witness some degree of back pain during the early phase of pregnancy and this pain generally subsides after about 20 weeks. Back pain or spasm, which is reflected by stretching of muscles or burning pain in the left or the right side of the quadrant, is normally the result of the softening of the supporting ligaments and disks due to an increase in the progesterone hormone during early pregnancy.
32.	Bookmarks: 0	Colonic Irrigation: How It Works To Give You A Healthy Colon As a teenager, every time I got acne, my grandmother was convinced that it was due to bad bowel. But I used to brush her off as being prejudiced. But now that I am experienced and well informed I know the value of a god bowel movement, not only for maintaining the health of your skin, but for an overall well being.A properly functioning colon is the precondition for a healthy bowel movement and healthy colon can be achieved through its proper cleansing at regular interval...
33.	Bookmarks: 0	Aromatherapy: Mother Nature's Treat for Migraine Headache Sufferers The article deals with the use of the all-natural healing method called Aromatherapy as a means to treat or alleviate the pain brought about by migraine. Due to the rising prevalence of migraine, more and more people are looking for ways to deal with their pain beyond the conventional, medical treatment. Aromatherapy, as an alternative treatment, has been gaining popularity around the world.
34.	Bookmarks: 2	Aromatherapy And Kids Aromatherapy is a new approach to emotional well being and healing through the use of essential oils. Oils in aromatherapy have soothing effect on the body, mind and soul. A gentle hug, smile or a kiss are forms of connection, bonding between the parent and the child. A loving nurturing touch of massage on the feet, arms, hands, back, abdomen and legs is therapeutic for both the child and parent, usually the mother. Babies at six weeks of age can recognize their mother's ...
35.	Bookmarks: 1	History Of Golf For generations, the favorite type of recreation in my family has been golf. I remember being a small child and trailing my great-grandfather, my grandfather and my own father around the golf course near my mother's place of work. Come to think of it, my only memory of my great grandfather is that of him with a golf club in his hands. Actually, the same goes for my grandfather as well. I remember that as a young boy, the first time I ever received applause in the classroom wa...
36.	Bookmarks: 0	Great Golf In Florida 365 Days A Year Golf is truly the sport of a lifetime and very gentle on your body. It gives you a visit in often beautiful nature, contacts with other persons and also a great game.Florida, well known as vacation Mecca, is blessed by mother nature with a large coastal line, luxurious interior lands, year-round subtropical temperatures and annual sunshine. Golfers visiting St. Augustine, in St. Johns County and Ponte Vedra Beach can tee off at the scenic and challenging golf courses of F...
37.	Bookmarks: 5	Golf Basics - About Greens Knowing how to drive and putt are not the only things you need to learn about playing golf.Golf being an outdoor activity you play on a living portion of land, and as in everything else out of doors, Mother Nature loves to play this game.Grasses are different; you might encounter a plush putting green or a weed patch with little growth at all. The putt can be altered by the texture, length and texture of the grass, and how much grass is actually there.A true golfe...
38.	Bookmarks: 3	Don’t Let The Wind… Blow Your Game Away Sure it’s nice to head out to the golf course on a beautifully tranquil day where it’s easy figure your yardages and be confident in your club selection. Unfortunately, however, Mother Nature isn’t always so accommodating and you’ll find yourself having to deal with a bit of wind.When you’re up against a windy day on the golf course, if you let it affect your attitude, you’re going to be in for a long day. Many players do and are. You, however, should not let t...
39.	Bookmarks: 0	7 Essential Steps To Overcoming Adversity I might never have found happiness and success. Why? For starters, I am the child of rape, born to an unwed teenage mother on welfare. Instead, I overcame life’s obstacles of poverty, abuse and neglect. Now I’m a successful entrepreneur, author and media personality who has achieved financial freedom and independence. There are even plans to make a movie about my rags-to-riches life! Clients and audiences everyday have dubbed me The Girl Next Door Who Made It Big! (Blessings...
40.	Bookmarks: 0	Understanding The Supermom Trap What is it in moms’ that makes us feel we have to take on the SuperMom identity? What makes us put on that cape? If you talk to working mothers that you know, or even examine your own experiences, falling into the SuperMom trap is common. We all know SuperMom…faster than the microwave, more powerful than steel wool, able to fold laundry in a single bound. SuperMoms’ scare away the monsters under the bed, creates wonderful family meals, as she works, runs a business, or...
41.	Bookmarks: 0	The Struggle What do butterflies have in common with the human spirit? Meet Maggie, a middle aged wife and mother who was about to find out. Maggie wasn’t rich like a millionaire or poor in a manner of being homeless. She was living an average comfortable life. It was made even better when a beautiful baby girl came her way. She and her husband made sure their daughter had her needs met and they were still able to take a yearly vacation by the beach.Maggie was a partner in her hu...
42.	Bookmarks: 0	How To Live Stress-Free By Saying “NO” We all know the adage, “A mother’s work is never done.” In fact, this could become a modern-day mother’s theme song since we all have overbooked schedules and everybody wants something done yesterday.We teach our children from a young age that it is impolite to say the word, “No,” which was a lesson we learned in childhood, too. Now as adults, it is increasingly difficult to say, “No,” to anyone for fear of being rude or being seen as unreliable.Mothe...
43.	Bookmarks: 0	Ditch Your New Year’s Resolutions A New Year is upon us. The stresses of Christmas will soon be over and we’ll be bursting with good intentions to lose weight, pay off debts, get fit, drink less alcohol and be nicer to the mother-in-law. Sound familiar? Then read on!The truth is that most of us set ourselves up for failure when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions because a) our lists are too long, and b) they’re simply not exciting enough!That’s why I recommend you ditch your New Year’s Resolutions alt...
44.	Bookmarks: 3	Vedic Astrology Horoscope - Sun In Cancer - Venus / Moon - More On Saturn The Sun has entered Cancer in the Sidereal zodiac, bringing a strong tendency to nurture and emotionally protect our loved ones. When the Sun goes through Cancer the quality of divine motherhood is awakened in each of us -- at least that is the potential. Suddenly there's a renewed sensitivity to all of us as children. There is a great possibility for all to lay down their weapons and sympathize with their enemies for the next couple of weeks.Cancer is the sign of sensiti...
45.	Bookmarks: 2	The Need to Feel Special From the time Jennifer was a little child, she was demanding of attention, especially from her mother, Sarah. With two older brothers, Jennifer had a “special” place in the family as the baby and the only girl. She made sure to establish a “special” relationship with her mother, who relished the connection since she didn’t have much of a relationship with her emotionally distant husband.
46.	Bookmarks: 1	Creativity And The Jack Of All Trades You may be familiar with the saying, Jack of all trades and master of none.Well, I say, Hooey. That's right. In fact, let me say it again. Hooey.It is perfectly possible to be a multipassionate person and do several things well. Many, even. I'm a writer, a mother, a photographer, a friend, an entrepreneur. Sometimes not all at the same time, but I do them all, and do them all well.But I think one reason many people can't do many things well, or think other p...
47.	Bookmarks: 3	Addiction to Complaining Complaining is a way of life for some people. It was certainly a way of life for my mother. I don’t remember a day going by without her complaining, endlessly. I don’t think I ever heard a word of gratitude out of my mother’s mouth. No matter how good things were, she would manage to find something wrong. No matter how perfect I was – and God knows I tried to be perfect! – she always found something wrong with me, as well as with my father.
48.	Bookmarks: 0	Yesterday , I Got An Opportunity To Ride On A Tiger - Spirituality Information My grandmother used to tell me great stories. She passed away 21 years back. Yesterday I wanted to converse with her. I wanted to thank her for all those funny and inspirational stories. I wanted to listen to her again.....Flash back to Year 1978.. I was six years old then... I tried to remember the colour of my shirt, the place where i kept my cricket bat(a sport i used to love),the balcony where my grandmother used to wrap me in her loving hands and tell me all those wo...
49.	Bookmarks: 0	The Secret - Collection Of Inspirational Quotes ( Part 35 ) Faith makes all things possible . . .love makes all things easy.-- D. L. MoodyDesperation is the mistress of the impossible.-- Spanish ProverbListen carefully to what country people call mother wit.In those homely sayings are couched the collective wisdom of generations.-- Maya AngelouIf you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.-- Margaret Fuller. . . all men make mistakes. But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong...
50.	Bookmarks: 0	The Secret - Collection Of Inspirational Quotes ( Part 32 ) [My mother] said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.-- Maya AngelouI know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence.It required infinite intelligence to create it, and it requires infinite intelligence to keep it on its course.Everything that surrounds us--everything that exists--proves that there are infinite laws be...
51.	Bookmarks: 0	The Mystery Behind Enthusiasm There has been so much written on the subject of enthusiasm that it could probably fit a volume of an encyclopedia. Every great man or woman that has spoken on the subject has recognized the magical power of enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. That is a pretty powerful statement! Kahlil Gibran wrote, “Enthusiasm is a volcano on whose top never grows the grass of hesitation.” Denis Waitley...
52.	Bookmarks: 0	New Age Spirituality - Inspirational Stories ( Part 15 ) Knowing that mother and father are the visible representatives of God, the householder, always and by all means, must please them. If the mother is pleased, and the father, God is pleased with the man. That child is really a good child who never speaks harsh words to his parents.Before parents one must not utter jokes, must not show restlessness, must not show anger or temper. Before mother or father, a child must bow down low, and stand up in their presence, and must not...
53.	Bookmarks: 0	Stress Relief Techniques For A Preschool Child – Part One Many years ago, children from birth to four or five years of age exercised natural preschool stress relief. Training in preschool stress relief was both unknown and unnecessary. Stay at home mothers never worried about trying to increase self-concept in their preschool children. They did not work to instill artificial coping skills and specialized anger management skills in pre-schoolers. Common sense dictated preschool stress relief efforts.In the twenty-first century, h...
54.	Bookmarks: 0	Methods To Relieve Stess Jane, a working mother, often feels tense. She feels she has too much to do. At the end of the day, she is drained and frazzled. She feels as if she is being pulled from all sides. Consequently, she cannot meet the demands of her job or her family. She gets irritated over insignificant things and has intense emotional outbursts. Lately, she cannot sleep at night, does not feel hungry, and feels exhausted all the time. Jane is under stress.Many people who are under stress ...
55.	Bookmarks: 0	Emotions As Information When you were a small child, your painful emotions may have felt too overwhelming to feel. If you experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, your little body was not big enough to manage the painful feelings. If you were neglected, unseen, misunderstood, invaded, smothered, shamed or ridiculed, it may have felt too painful to manage. If you were a highly sensitive child with parents who did not understand high sensitivity, you may have felt too much emotion to handle. ...
56.	Bookmarks: 4	Leadership Is Action... Not Position People respond to good leadership! Period! It is in all aspects of our lives, not just business. A mother is a leader in her home; a son may be leader of a team sport or a daughter the leader of the debate team. A group relies on the person in charge to actually lead them to success. A true leader is highly ethical, honest and respected.In our society we have leaders and followers. Are we born to one or the other? No! Can you hone your leadership skills? Absolutely!Th...
57.	Bookmarks: 4	From Here To There Last year I was the keynote speaker at a Valentine’s Day luncheon for single mothers with the theme of Dream Again. It was a magical event that left most of us in the room with tears silently streaming down our faces. To top it off, at the end of our time together, Michele Lang, an amazing singer came to the stage and sang her song, “From Here to There.” Her song captured the challenge of deeply desiring to experience God in every area of your life, but feeling tethered by yo...
58.	Bookmarks: 4	3 Time Management Tips for Stay at Home Moms Time management can be a big issue for stay at home moms that have many things going on in their lives. For mothers that truly want the best for themselves and their families, time management can play a major role .......
59.	Bookmarks: 0	Postpone your Procrastination indefinitely-5 ways to conquer this demon once and for all Procrastination is the mother of all demons. It slows you down, it holds you back, and it gets in your way. How do we conquer this great giant?
60.	Bookmarks: 0	Help For Single Parents With Too Much Debt - A Low Interest Debt Consolidation Loan Are you a single mother struggling to make your monthly debt repayments? Did you know that you can use a low interest debt consolidation loan as a powerful first step in taking control of your finances?It’s easy to get so caught up with the busyness and demands of life that we don’t take (or even notice) the simple steps that change our lives for the better; a low interest debt consolidation loan is a simple and powerful action. For most single moms, stress is a way of l...
61.	Bookmarks: 0	The Little Souls Dolls Little Souls dolls are valuable and unique treasures created by children who are in need. Sales benefit those very children and part of the sales go to the Children's Hope Foundation.The concept behind the toys is as sweet and endearing as the faces themselves. Each doll is created by hand, just as you would suspect. The beauty lies in who makes the Little Souls Dolls and who benefits from the sales.They reminded me of something my great-great grandmother would make b...
62.	Bookmarks: 0	How To Invest With Success Whether they’re working in the business world or stay-at-home mothers, many people today are drawn to the risky allure of investments, which can mean either huge rewards or painful losses. While it’s impossible to predict the fluctuations of the market with 100% accuracy, as you build your portfolio, you will learn to accept the losses and keep in mind the successes always waiting around the corner.No one can control the market, but you can control what you invest in. Res...
63.	Bookmarks: 0	When all else fails, give the gift of books My mother used to tell me, “When all else fails, give the gift of books.” When I was growing up, a book was a big deal. By today’s standards, less than half of Americans consider a book a big deal. The truth is, that many people don’t think much about books throughout their life. Between working, the kids’ soccer games, taking care of home, and the nine hundred and seventy two other things that sit patientl...
64.	Bookmarks: 17	The Winner’s Internet Marketing Roadmap To Super Guru Status - The Jennifer Story Part 1 Jennifer, a young woman in her twenties, works over 15 hours a day to provide for her 2 children. As a single mother, she struggles everyday trying to make ends meet and provide for her children. But after working so many long hours, she never seems to get out of the rat race. One bill after another torments her night and day, and it’s really stressing her out. She never spends enough time with her children and it is tearing her up on the inside. So one day, she decides to st...
65.	Bookmarks: 0	Finding the Perfect Home Business Opportunity Online Are you dying to work from home? If so, you are definitely not alone. Working at work at home can often seem like the perfect working situation, especially if you are a mother, or simply need or love the freedom of setting your own schedule. Working at home can do much more than that.
66.	Bookmarks: 0	Get away from it all Haven't you ever had time you wanted to get away from it all? In March/April 1978, www.motherearthnews.com published a story about a couple who bought McLeod's Island — a 90-acre island off the coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
67.	Bookmarks: 0	Can Stay At Home Moms Be Successful On The Internet? In the midst of downsizing, layoffs and the genuine need for two incomes in most families these days, there are now literally hundreds of thousands of stay at home Moms that are considering starting their own home based Internet businesses.For those of you have had the pleasure, you know that the job of a stay at home Mom is one of the most demanding jobs you can have. I am not kidding! I have the upmost admiration for mothers who have made the decision to stay at home an...
68.	Bookmarks: 8	Choose Life: A Eulogy For My Mother After a long illness, my mother passed away in June 2006. Even though we all knew she had little time left, her death still came as a shock. My brothers helped me write the eulogy, and I delivered it. I almost made it through, maintaining my composure and humor right to the end. But, final goodbyes are never easy. With the last sentence, a poignant and personal message to our mother from my brothers and myself, I lost it. To cry at your mother’s funeral is natural and exp...
69.	Bookmarks: 4	Writing Exercise 4: A Space Alien Might Make A Good Priest As we develop our characters, we often fall into the habit of placing them in a single type of role and plot. For example, for years one of my characters was stuck on a California horse ranch. Having him on the ranch felt comfortable, familiar. He became boring. Now my character is a modern day pirate turned Catholic priest with an attitude you would not expect from a priest. He is unpredictable, sometimes shocking, and enjoys every second of it. I have discovered thi...
70.	Bookmarks: 2	Save The Planet, Hug A Clam It has become obvious to all but the most unrelentingly stubborn apologists for the oil industry that we now stand at a pivotal moment in the history of our planet. As much fun as it would be to make fun of Al Gore's pretentious drawl and expanding bald spot, none of us can afford to ignore his clarion call for global change. With humankind's carbon footprint leaving a catastrophic impact upon Mother Earth, it is the sacred responsibility of every citizen to make a change for...
71.	Bookmarks: 3	Putting Off Writing That Novel Until The Kids Are Grown? If you want to write a novel, but are putting it off until the kids are grown, I have two words for you: Don't wait. It's possible to raise a happy, healthy family and still follow your writing dream. And that's true whether you're single or married. Whether you're a stay-at-home mom or work outside the house.You may think I'm crazy - how can you find time to write when you're already so busy you barely have time to sleep?It can be done.J.K. Rowling quite famously...
72.	Bookmarks: 8	Truth or Lie: Fiction vs. Memoir—How Memoir Writers Can Approach Truth and Healing As a memoir teacher, I find that people are very worried about the ethical issues involved in memoir writing. For example, the writers ask such questions as, “what if I don’t remember the exact conversation when my mother died,” or “I don’t know what clothes I was wearing the day my father went away forever.”
73.	Bookmarks: 0	Interview With Marguerite Arotin, A Romance Writer In Ohio Py: How did you get your pen name as Maruerite Arotin?Marguerite: My real name is Dana but when I decided to write romance, I always knew Dana would be too unisex for the romance market. So I thought about my nickname. My grandma used to call me Daisy and my hubby eventually picked it up too. Marguerite is french for Daisy and I'm part French so I loved that ;-). Arotin was my late mother-in-law's maiden name so I took the name in honor of her and plus it flowed nicely wi...
74.	Bookmarks: 8	Book Review: Best Of Friends "Best of Friends" is a novel about the lives of the "Fabulous Five." The Fabulous Five is a group comprised of five wonderful, loyal ladies who have been best friends for years. Each woman in the group has her own issues to deal with and to learn from. The story mainly centers around Liz, whose mother has just passed away. Liz's family is about as dysfunctional as a family can be. The siblings have taken sides with each other. Liz always tries to be neutral, but when their ba...
75.	Bookmarks: 0	The Joy Of Writing Obituaries Are you intrigued or surprised by the way I titled this article? It probably seems like writing obituaries would be filled with anything other than joy. I agree, or at least I would have agreed up until a few months ago when I had the privilege of helping two friends write the obituaries for their grandmothers.I used to think that writing obituaries would be a thing of dread, filled with nothing but morbid thoughts of how a loved one would no longer be around to share lif...
76.	Bookmarks: 0	Get away from it all Haven't you ever had time you wanted to get away from it all? In March/April 1978, www.motherearthnews.com published a story about a couple who bought McLeod's Island — a 90-acre island off the coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
77.	Bookmarks: 3	New to Article Writing - Start Here The internet articles writer can find thousands of tips and endless advice, much of it is good and some is worth its weight in gold. Sometimes writers get too complicated and try to produce articles that reflect all the great advice they have learned in one shining article to beat all articles, sort of the “mother of all articles.” Sometimes the best advice is to simplify, or start with a less complicated premise for your articles. If you have found yourself getting bogged down tr...
78.	Bookmarks: 6	Love In A Time Of Herpes I was born in 1965- a year often considered the first year of “generation-x”. The previous generation- the baby-boomers like my parents, grew up in a time of free love. My mother didn’t take advantage of this but my father sure did, but that’s another story.Us gen-x’ers were the first generation to have to deal with AIDS and the fallout from it. Instead of the sexual revolution we had fear and loathing in our own pants. Now as a Holistic Herpes Treatment Specialist I ...
79.	Bookmarks: 10	Relationship Mistakes - Smothering your Boyfriend Have you noticed that some girls just can’t help self destructing their relationships? Even when they have a great guy who treats them well, they start committing relationship sins that are sure to lead them to a cold and lonely destination. One major relationship crime is smothering.
80.	Bookmarks: 15	Hypnotherapy For Relationships – Improving The Quality Of Life Human beings are social creatures; in our day to day lives we are constantly meeting and interacting with people, and creating relationships with them. Fathers, mother, sibling, friend, lover, co-worker, subordinate – These are just a few examples of relationships which are common to people across the globe. While some of us are really good with maintaining these relationships, others are want for improvement. It is a fact that not all our relationships can be called successf...
81.	Bookmarks: 12	How To Visit A New Mom And Have Her Love You Afterwards Going to visit a new Mother and her tiny baby? As a Mom who has been there 4 times, I've had great and not-so-great experiences when friends came to visit postpartum. Make your visit a blessing instead of a drudgery with these tips.1) Call beforehand and ask what you can bring her to eatA new Mom, especially if she's breastfeeding, is hungry! Don't ask if she wants you to bring her anything. Most new Moms in our culture are unlikely to ask for help. Tell her that you ...
82.	Bookmarks: 54	How betrayed lovers can carry on? For those who have been betrayed in love, it becomes impossible to understand about how their lover could betray them? It is like a child stabbing the mother. Imagine the pain of the mother who brought up her child with nothing but love, care and took every pain to see that her child was happy. The betrayed lover feels something similar and even more. So what is to be done?
83.	Bookmarks: 57	Friendship and Sharing We are all social animals. Not many of us think about prisons. Why is prison life a punishment? Because you cannot move around and meet people. With friendship, we break the barrier that stops us sharing our life with others. During early childhood, only mother is enough. But observe the pain on the face of a child who has no friends to play with, and you will realize why friends are so important? Why does even a small child need friends? Read on...
84.	Bookmarks: 20	Flowers to Touch The Heart If you are far away from your loved ones (mom, wife or girlfriend)you can send them something special. You can buy flowers online! The way to woman's heart is flowers. They never ask you:" Please,buy me flowers". But they always expect that you will do and they appreciate you very much.
85.	Bookmarks: 47	Does any other loss equal loss of love Have you loved and had the devastating experience of your beloved leaving you? Have you felt the pain? Does any other pain come nearer to it? Yes, the pain of losing someone by death may come near to that. But even that is not comparable. By death, you lose your sweetheart forever and know that she/he is no longer in this world. But if he/she leaves you, you experience the shock that is unsurpassed. Read on...
86.	Bookmarks: 4	Develop Great Relationships Over A Lifetime Relationships begin since we were born on this planet. It is not a couple relation that I mention. Actually, it is a relationship at birth with our mothers and our family members. An important part of life depends on how we develop our relationships with others. Perhaps, if we consider examples of this development, a better understanding will enable us to think more clearly before we interact with others. In sport, a team requires close relationships to build a winning te...